Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] Trouble With "geo" files

[Mont E. <mon...@ya...>]

Here I am to spice up the GPS Babel list once again.

Firstly, everything seems to be working happily now. 
Thank you for the clarification and advice.

The real reason for all of this nonsensical blathering
was simply to get something that I could pop into NG
TOPO!.  NG TOPO! whines a bit when merging a converted
to .tpg file (An attempt was made to access an unamed
file past its end.).  It imports just fine anyway so
I'm completely content.

On another topic and not to put GPS Babel out of
business or anything (I love the tool) but for crying
out loud, can't we get a standard format for these
things!?!?  I'm prepared to label myself as a cache,
in a mall parking lot drainage pipe, and accost fellow
cachers with a petition clipboard disguised as a log
book.  Wonder what it would take to get some of these
commercial and shareware software vendors to listen.

--- Robert Lipe <rob...@us...> wrote:
> Mont Erickson wrote:
> > I apologize for posting here but the list archive
> is
> > not available so here goes...
> 
> I'd rather people ask on the list than continuing to
> bang my 
> gong privately.
> 
> (Of course, I wish the archives were more reliable,
> and that more
> people would use them, too, but I'll take what I can
> get. :-)
> 
> > I'm using the Windows version of GPS Babel (1.1.0
> -
> > stable).  Whenever I try to convert a combined
> large
> > "geo" file format (*.loc), it gives errors.
> 
> > The individual files from the geocaching web site
> will
> > convert fine.  However, if I make a large file and
> > save it (.loc format) with EasyGPS and try to
> convert
> > that file to any format with GPS Babel, I get the
> > message:
> 
> That's your downfall.  EasyGPS "save as" creates
> files named ".loc" but
> they aren't "geocaching.com loc" files so they're no
> longer of the "geo"
> file format.  It was since 1.1.0, but there's a
> format called "easygps"
> that should cure this bit of silliness and read that
> format.
> 
> I was reluctant to add this format since Dan
> outright discouraged it,
> but lots of folks requested it.
> 
> You do know you can merge files directly from
> GPSBabel, don't you?
> 
> gpsbabel -i geo -f 1.loc -f 2.loc -f 3.loc -o blah
> -F bletch
> 
> > P.S. -- If I save from EasyGPS as to .gpx format
> GPS
> > Babel converts fine.  
> 
> Becuase that's a format your version of  GPSBabel
> can read.
> 
> Enjoy.
> RJL


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