GPS - Re: is it possible to convert mapsource files (.mps) to Autoroute

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Re: is it possible to convert mapsource files (.mps) to Autoroute

Gareth R Halfacree

2006-09-16, 4:33 am

Jozef Leon wrote:
> I remember that more than one year ago this seemed to be impossible, but I
> would like to check if somebody may have developped any new software.
>
> When I return from a trip, I have to view my tracks on a mapsource map,
> which is very sparse in detail and I consequently would like to view these
> tracks on Microsoft Autoroute ...
>
> Thanks most sincerely in advance for any hint

GPSBabel can convert from many different formats to many others - and
can handle Garmin MapSource to Autoroute 2002 without a problem. Give
it a go; it's free, so you've nothing to lose.

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Kevin Agard

2006-09-16, 7:33 am

Jozef,

I *believe* that the Streets and Trips .est and AutoRoute .axe formats
are actually the same. You might therefore have some luck doing the
conversion to S&T est format and then just changing the extension.

I'm far from positive this will work but you having to to lose by trying.

Jozef Leon wrote:
> Thanks most sincerely for your kind reaction.
> I have GPS Babel, which indeed has the .mps (or.gdb) extension listed in the
> input file formats.
> So it can read mapsource files, but, up to my knowledge, there is no
> Autoroute file format (.axe) listed in the output file formats.
> Any idea which output file format, I should try out ?
> Thks once more and greetings
>
> "Gareth R Halfacree" <usenet@halfacree.co.uk> schreef in bericht
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>

Mike

2006-09-16, 10:33 am

> GPSBabel can convert from many different formats to many others - and
> can handle Garmin MapSource to Autoroute 2002 without a problem. Give
> it a go; it's free, so you've nothing to lose.
>

AFAIK Babel can only read route points from S&T or Autoroute files.
There is a companion utility called ST2GPX which can read/write data
from GPX files to EST files

http://sourceforge.net/project/show...ckage_id=102994

So the procedure would be to export a GPX file from MapSource then do
the conversion to an EST file with ST2GPX

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