Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] Excel
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From: Robert L. <rob...@gp...> - 2012-09-02 21:24:07
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On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Reg <lis...@go...> wrote: > On 2 September 2012 17:01, Robert Lipe <rob...@gp...> wrote: > > >> Are there any plans to introduce the Excel .xls format? > > > > I don't know of anyone working on it. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313154(v=office.12).aspx > > > > Frankly, between disclaimers like > > > > Patents. Microsoft has patents that may cover your implementations of the > > technologies described in the Open Specifications. Neither this notice > nor > > Microsoft's delivery of the documentation grants any licenses under > those or > > any other Microsoft patents. > > > > and the XLS spec being 1,183 pages long, I can't say I'm terribly > motivated. > > > >> > >> At the moment, I have to go via a .csv file in Unicode format, to use > >> with GPSBabel. > > > > > > Is that a problem? > > I would tend to agree. The only problem is that every .xls file has > to be loaded into Excel then saved as .csv. Then opened with WordPad > and saved in the Unicode format to retain European accented letters. > So, the real problem is that Excel has a broken CSV export that can't do UTF-8? It was just a thought. However there must be many folk who need to > keep master files of their waypoints for editing purposes and I can't > think of a better program to use as a waypoint editor. > How about an actual waypoint editor instead of a spreadsheet? ExpertGPS, EasyGPS, BaseCamp, or about anything else that actually knows about waypoints, tracks, and routes. RJL |