[Gpsbabel-misc] Fwd: arc format comments

[John R. P. <jr...@gm...>]

I have read this page:

http://www.gpsbabel.org/htmldoc-1.3.6/filter_polygon.html

and took the use of # signs for comments literally. I have now attempted to
convert a file in this format to another format using:

gpsbabel -i arc -f cut.arc -o osm -F cutw.osm

and all of the comment lines come out as the following points:

<node id='-1' visible='true' lat='-1.000000' lon='0.000000'>
    <tag k='created_by' v='GPSBabel-1.3.6'/>
    <tag k='name' v='WPT001'/>
    <tag k='note' v='WPT001'/>
  </node>
...
 <node id='-7' visible='true' lat='0.000000' lon='1.000000'>
    <tag k='created_by' v='GPSBabel-1.3.6'/>
    <tag k='name' v='WPT007'/>
    <tag k='note' v='WPT007'/>
  </node>
...
  <node id='-14' visible='true' lat='0.000000' lon='2.000000'>
    <tag k='created_by' v='GPSBabel-1.3.6'/>
    <tag k='name' v='WPT014'/>
    <tag k='note' v='WPT014'/>
  </node>


I assume it's somehow managing to read the comments as values, and is
attempting ot do somthing with the.

Is there any good way around this? I can send a test case, but as the file
i'm using contains slightly private data, i'd rather not post it to the
list.

On a higher level, I am trying to edit an arc file to add arcs to it in a
user friendly and consumer friendly way is there a better way to do this?

Thanks,
JR