Specifications

Note that OziExplorer reads the Date/Time from field 5, the date and time in fields 6 & 7 are
ignored.
Example
- 27.350436, 153.055540,1, -777,36169.6307194, 09- Jan - 99, 3:08:14
- 27.348610, 153.055867,0, -777,36169.6307194, 09- Jan - 99, 3:08:14
Point File (.pnt)
Line 1
: File type and version information
Line 2
: Geodetic Datum used for the Lat/Lon positions for each point
Line 3
: Reserved for future use
Line 4
: Reserved for future use
Line 5
: multiple fields as below
Field 1 : point set fore color (RGB)
Field 2 : point set back color (RGB)
Field 3 : point set size
Field 4 : point set font size
Field 5 : point set format
Field 6 : point set style
Field 7 : point set description (no commas)
Point data
One line per point
each field separated by a comma
non essential fields need not be entered but comma separators must still be used (example ,,)
defaults will be used for empty fields
Field 1 : Latitude - decimal degrees.
Field 2 : Longitude - decimal degrees.
Field 3 : rotation angle
Field 4 : point name
Field 5 : description 1 (no commas)
Field 6 : description 2 (no commas)
Field 7 : description 3 (no commas)
Route File (.rte)
Line 1
: File type and version information
Line 2
: Geodetic Datum used for the Lat/Lon positions for each waypoint in the routes
Line 3
: Reserved for future use
Line 4
: Reserved for future use
Route data
One line per route followed by each waypoint in the route
each field separated by a comma
comma's not allowed in text fields, character 209 can be used instead and a comma will be
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