Sample maps, turnpoint files and conversion programs for use with GPS_LOG WinCE

These files are provided "as is". Neither I nor providers take any responsibility for their accuracy.

You can find more samples and related files in the Download section of  Portsmouth Naval Gliding Club site, as well as in the Files section of GPS_LOG discussion group on Yahoo.

If it looks like GPS_LOG WinCE is missing some lines or letters in map or waypoint files and they look like standard ASCII text but maybe with some accented characters then put a comment line ;ASC at the very beginning of the file or use ANSItoUTF8 file converter supplied with GPS_LOG Win32 (PC version) to translate the troubling characters. You can also download following executables for PDA (no installer):
OS3 mips, OS3 sh3, OS3 arm, PocketPC2002, and 2003, Win Mobile 5 and above

Task list files:

• MINDEN Standard Courses   -  Bob Semans and others have put together standard courses out of Minden using Marc Ramsey's task planner 

Additional files:

• Some bitmaps that can be used for user defined map symbols.

• User defined cursor bitmaps in shape of a sailplane. Courtesy of  Arnaldo Salvaterra

Utility to modify track colors used by GPS_LOG:

   Track Colors  This link retrieves a Windows CE utility to modifiy the ^GPS_LG#^.TCL file defining lift indicator colors used by GPS_LOG WinCE.

Strepla task file conversion

• This program converts Pocket*Strepla text task file generated by Strepla. It requires .NET framework runtime (dotnetfx.exe), available at Microsoft. Courtesy of Elmar Kümel. Updated 5 April 2006

Cambridge/Winpilot waypoint file conversion:

Following link retrieves an Excel spreadsheet that is an example of *.DAT to *.DTA format conversion. It contains waypoints in the Pyrenees.

Following link retrieves a Windows CE utility for operating system 3.0 and higher that does the *.DAT to *.DTA format conversion, and this link retrieves PC version. Put the PC version in the same folder as the GPS_LOG Win32 program. The default altitude selector unit seen in both versions refers to altitude values that have no unit indicator in the original DAT file.

AIR  (TimNewport-Peace format) file conversion and map generation:

Following link retrieves a program that runs on a PC  and converts *.AIR airspace format into *.MAP file. This is based on ConvAirMapW32 program code supplied by Andrea Ferrero.  This link retrieves Windows CE version of this utility for operating system 3.0 and higher.

Another set of utilities to translate *.dat to *.dta and *.map including examples of Pyrénées  Moissac  files. Courtesy of Jean-Paul Berry.

CUP (SeeYou) format waypoint and task file conversion:     Updated 19 Jan 2009

Following links retrieve a converter program that takes CUP format file and produces a waypoint DTA  and tasks list TSK files for use with GPS_LOG WinCE 

PC version      
WinCE 2.11  (Palm PC)   
WinCE 2.11 HPC   (Handheld PC)  
WindowsCE 3.0   (PocketPC, PPC 2002, PPC2003)   
Windows Mobile  (PPC 2003 SE)
Windows Mobile 5.0  (PocketPC)

OpenAir format file conversion:

Following links retrieve a converter program that takes OpenAir formatted file and produces a map file for use with GPS_LOG WinCE. It is important that you read the readme.txt file in the zip archive.

current version 1.0.1.6 on 30 July 2008

PC version
WinCE 3.0 and above  (PocketPC, PPC 2002, PPC2003, Win. Mobile 5)   

Ozi Explorer format (wpt) waypoint file conversion:

 This link retrieves a small tool to convert waypoints from the Ozi-Explorer .wpt format into the .dta format used by GPS_LOG. It can be used to load the Thermic-Waypoints from the Track2Thermic Project (they are in the Ozi .wpt format) onto a PDA to have them available during a flight on your display. For more information and most current version see WPT2DTA. Courtesy of Sascha Eissler. 

Fix for Eurospace and Airspace generated GPS_LOG WinCE maps:

Following link retrieves FIX-IT program which generates restricted airspace zone information from Eurospace or Airspace created maps with kilometer units. Courtesy of Bart Janssen. Updated 2 Nov. 2004 to version 2.3
This program requires Visual Basic run time module available form Microsoft. If you cannot run it, download vbrun60sp5.exe

GPS log format to IGC format conversion

If you recorded a log using GPS coma delimited format and want to convert it to IGC format you can use an Excel spreadsheet. Example can be retrieved from here.

The following  java programs  are courtesy of Yuliy Gerchikov.
Java programs   zip file contents:

* AirNav.java -- simple Java program to translate airport/navaid data as found at ftp://ftp.airnav.com/pub/data/ into Cambridge/WinPilot turnpoint format. 

* ASpace.java -- splits SUA file (special use airspace (prohibited, restricted, controlled, MOA, Alert, Warning areas etc.), 48 ConUS states, Tim Newport-Peace format, as found at http://acro.harvard.edu/SOARING/JL/SUA/conus.sua ) for individual states. 

* Sua2map.java -- converts SUA files (Tim Newport-Peace format) into .map files used by GPS_LOG (airspace maps). 

* Dat2dta.java -- converts DAT files (turnpoints, Cambridge/WinPilot format) into .dta files used by GPS_LOG (turnpoint files). 

* Dat2map.java -- converts DAT files (turnpoints, Cambridge/WinPilot format) into .map files used by GPS_LOG (turnpoint maps).

Maps and Waypoints:

• Crazy Creek California. Map and turnpoints. Courtesy of Henryk Birecki.

• Truckee California/Nevada. Map and turnpoints. Courtesy of Henryk Birecki.

• Mount Shasta to Death Valley (California/Nevada). Map only, includes SUA. Courtesy of Henryk Birecki. Updated 25 Jan. 2004

• California/Nevada maps and data Courtesy of Yuliy Gerchikov

  • CA-NV_airnav.dta -- all airports/navaids in California and Nevada (translated from ftp://ftp.airnav.com/pub/data/ ). 

  • soartruckee.map -- map of Truckee/ASI/Minden turnpoints  (to accompany soartruckee.dta) (with altitude information).

  • soartruckee.dta -- turnpoints for Truckee, Air Sailing, Minden (based on information from Peter Kelly's page at http://www.community.net/~soaring/tptrk.html).

  • CA-NV_airnav.map -- map of all airports/navaids in California and Nevada (to accompany CA-NV_airnav.dta).

  • CA-NV_SUA.map -- map of SUAs in California and Nevada.

  • soartruckee_SUA.map -- map of turnpoints and airspace for Truckee/ASI/Minden (combination of soartruckee.map and CA-NV_SUA.map).

  • CA-NV_airnav_SUA.map -- map of airports, navaids and airspace for California and Nevada (combination of CA-NV_airnav.map and CA-NV_SUA.map).

• California/Nevada. Turnpoints only. Courtesy of David Rhodes.
   

• Region 7 Jolliet 2001  (US). Map only. Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Region 7 contest at the end of May 2002 in Albert Lee, Minn. Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Region 7 contest at Freeport, Illinois 5/25-5/31 2003, map and turnpoints.  Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Region 7 contest at Freeport, Illinois May 2004. Map only.  Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Region 7 contest at Albert Lee, Minn May 2005. Map and turnpoints.  Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Region 7  Albert Lee, Minn  2007. Map.  Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Region 6 contest at Caesar's Creek in Ohio, 2003, map and turnpoints.  Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Sports class national contest at Caesar's Creek in Ohio, 2007, map and turnpoints.  Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Region 1 Sugarbush 1999  (US). Map only. Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Northern Illinois Soaring Contest 2002  Turnpoints and map for 2002. Map for Flight Display. Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Northern Illinois Soaring Contest 2006  Turnpoints and map for 2006. Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Sports Class Nationals 2003 at Elmira NY. Map and turnpoints. Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Sports Class Nationals 2004programs\data\04IoniaMapSUA.ZIP at Ionia, MI. Map and turnpoints. Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Standard Class Nationals 2005 at Ceasar's Creek. Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Seniors Nationals 2007 in Florida. Courtesy of Mike Shakman.

• Seminole Lakes Two files of maps for the Seminole Lakes Gliderport in Clermont, FL. The waypoint file has all control and non-control waypoints as well as restricted areas and Class B airspace of Tampa and Orlando with information for any outlandings. The turnpoint file is from the Senior Nationals which is held here every year. This is a unoffical list. This file also has restricted areas as well as the Class B for Tampa and Orlando. Please check the current Notams on the status of this airspace. Courtesy of Alan Cribb.
   

• Great Brittain Map and turnpoints. Courtesy of Stefan Kamm

• South of England. Southern UK airspace and airfields map. Airfields show depending on map scale. Courtesy of Jonathan Eccles and Ed Matthews Updated 19 Oct. 2004

• Estonia, maps and waypoints courtesy of Kaido Tiigisoon
  Maps of Estonia and enlightened versions for most active flying region -SE part of Estonia around Ridali airfield.
  Some waypoints for SE part of Estonia  and some tasks based on them.
   
• Alps. Map and turnpoints. Courtesy of Dario Manzinali.
• Alps region. Including GLOBE elevation data . The color coding on the maps is standard ICAO, that makes it easier to read the map during flights and crosscheck with the PocketPC. Courtesy of Stefan Kamm.
• North East of the Alps (N46.5 to N48.5, E9 to E14.5) Map and waypoints. Map was created using various sources and tools. Specifics are contained in map file header. Courtesy of Walter Kronester.
• Western Alps  Map and waypoints. Map was created using various sources and tools. Courtesy of Davide Peraldo.
• French Alps, centered around Gap. Courtesy of Marco Haakmeester.
• For the region of French Alps up to the swiss border.  Map and waypoint file. These files include Airspace,Official Outlanding-Catalog,Airfields,significant mountains/passes, and Rivers/Lakes. Courtesy of Andreas Hofer.
• Another map of  French Alps. Includes AGL data. Courtesy of  Christophe Abadie. Including TMA Clarine airspace. Updated 27 March 2004  


• France, central. Map and turnpoints. Courtesy of Gilbert Roubach.
• France. Center on Buno (going west to Normandie, east to Alsace and south to massif central, north : Paris) whith restricted airspace class A and D all airfield (including UL) and airports. Includes AGL data.  Courtesy of  Christophe Abadie. Updated 13 July 2004
• Part of Middle France (Bourgogne). Maps and turnpoints. Map generated using EUROSPACE, E00toMap and DEMtoMAP. Courtesy of Peter Narinx. Updated 1 July 2004
• Map is for the flights around Angers-Marcé Airport, middle North-West France. Courtesy of  Pierre-Jean Thomas
• Pays de Loire map. Courtesy of Christophe Rogue.  "Pays de Loire" region, in France. It was partly made with the map furnished by Pierre-Jean Thomas for Angers-Marcé, but it's larger and centered around Le Mans airport. It includes optional elevation map.
• Map of Western France Courtesy of Pierre-Jean Thomas. Includes waypoints. Map components are in binary form.
   
• Italy north-east. Map and Turnpoints. Courtesy of Carlo Orsini.
• Italy - Rieti area. Map and Turnpoints. Courtesy of Carlo Orsini.
   
• Switzerland.  The waypoint file includes outlandings in Switzerland and in the black forest/ Schwäbische alb. Centered at Birrfeld, covers the area between Geneva, Innsbruck, Munich, Colmar. Latest airspace updates April 2007. Relevant mountain's and passes posed with symbol's. Updated outlanding field's. Map / symbol description is in Switzerland_05.doc (German).Appearance of symbol's and text-notes depending on map scale (optimized for PDA Screen)  The map is made with the help of the ESRItoMAP tool, showing the most important river valleys and mountain passes and peaks. Care has been taken not to overfill the map with non relevant information.  Also, use is at own risk without any guarantee. Courtesy of Philipp Haueter and Andreas Hofer. Updated 17 April 2007  


• Spain central area (south Madrid tma). Courtesy of Victor Gracia.
• Spain - Barcelona tma. Courtesy of Adam Kalis.
• Spain, France - South East Pyrenees and Catalunya. Contains topography maps and others created using E00toMAP utility. Courtesy of Adam Kalis.
• Central Pyrenees map, waypoints and terrain data. Courtesy of Pedro Diestre.
   
• Denmark Maps and turnpoints. Courtesy of Johny Johansen. Files were calculated using the Glider program.
• Denmark 2006 Maps and turnpoints. Courtesy of Felipe Cvitanich. Detailed, includes SUA and AGL information.  Updated 12 April 2006
• Southern Belgium and Northern France. Maps and turnpoints. Courtesy of Koen Vanderputten.
• Belgium and Netherlands. Maps, turnpoints, AGL data. Map generated using EUROSPACE, E00toMap and DEMtoMAP. Courtesy of Peter Narinx. Updated 18 July 2005
• Netherlands. Maps, turnpoints and AGL data. Covering the complete waypoint area as used in the Dutch Nationals (and  more) Courtesy of Marco Haakmeester. Updated 4 April 2006  


• Norwegian contest area Starmoen. This is the area for Norglide and Norwegian nationals in 2003 and Club Class World Championship 2004. Courtesy of Jostein Tangen.


• Czech Republic. Map and turnpoints. Courtesy of Vaclav Petru.
• Slovakia - Eurospace SUA map and waypoints. Courtesy of Jan Salwinski
• Poland. Various maps, turnpoints... on a site run by Dariusz Kulik.
•     Poland v. 2004  Older version in case that above site does not work.
• Poland-forested areas. Courtesy of  Mirek Hercog.
• Poland. Maps, SUA, turnpoints ... Courtesy of  Sławomir Panasiuk (Aeroklub Wrocław)
• Lithuania. Maps and elevation data. Airport data need updating.
• Hungary. Map files and the official waypoints. Courtesy of  László Juhasz Updated 1August 2005
• Hungary. Map files and waypoints. Courtesy of Zsolt Varga
• Hungary. Map files updated for 2007. Courtesy of Dr. György Varga
• Slovenia.  Courtesy of Sascha Eissler


• Germany. Courtesy of Elmar Kümmel. Airfields and SUA generated with WELT2000M, topography with ESRI2Map, E00ToMap and WELT2000M. Restricted Airspace warning included (but airspace data is from February 2004). Every zip file contains the .dta file created with WELT2000M.
  
  Germany complete map
  North Germany map 
  Central Germany map 
  South Germany map 
  Hessen und Umgebung map
  
  Airfields (Germany complete)
   
• All of Germany and South West Germany . Courtesy of Michael Joachim. Maps (topography, SUA...) and waypoints.
(beta version not all airspaces and airfields may be up to date)
 
• All of Germany split into 6 topographic elevation maps with corresponding AGL information files.Map-frames: lat:itude N47 / N50 / N52 / N56 longitude: E06 / E11 / E15. Courtesy of Michael Joachim.
  • topography
    6 topographische .map Karten mit Höhenschichten: 75/150/300/450/600/900/1200...m,passend zu den AGL Höhendaten für Deutschland.
    Kartengrenzen: 47/50/52/56 Grad Nord und 6/11/15 Grad Ost. Mehr Höhenstufen als in der de-03ALL.map (All of Germany and South West Germany ), aber schlechtere horizontale Auflösung. Ohne Garantie!
     
  • AGL data
    6 binäre Karten für die AGL Funktion in GPS_LOG für Deutschland,
    Kartengrenzen 47/50/52/56 Grad Nord und 6/11/15 Grad Ost. Ohne Garantie!
     
• More Germany data directly from Michael Joachim's site "Many maps are self made, airspace is a copy/mix of several maps found on Yahoo-forum. Only south-west Germany is actualized to 2006"
   
• VOR and NDB map of Germany. Courtesy of Peter Kreinhoefer
  VOR und NDB Karte für Deutschland von Peter Kreinhoefer. Ohne Garantie!
   
• One more map of Germany. Including GLOBE elevation data . The color coding on the maps is standard ICAO, that makes it easier to read the map during flights and crosscheck with the PocketPC. Courtesy of Stefan Kamm.
   
• 2006 airspace for Germany. Use ^Map_2006.map (with airports) or ^AIRDE_03_2006.map. Courtesy of Heinz Plajer.
  
  
  
  
• Magalies Gliding Club,  Map and Airspace files for the MGC area of South Africa. Turnpoints from 2003. Read README1st file before use. Courtesy of Craig Reynolds.  Updated 26 Feb. 2007
• Namibia  (but airspace is unfinished). Courtesy of  Christophe Abadie.

• South Eastern  Australia including NSW Victoria and some of South Australia. It has AGL and Airspace.  Courtesy of Greg O'Sullivan.
• New Caledonia   Courtesy of Klaus Moehlenkamp. Updated 31 January 2009
   
• Japan Contains text and binary maps for all of Japan. Probably needs work to be made useful in for a PDA. Japanese airport symbol map is in UTF8 format.
• Japan DEM Contains digital elevation data for Japan (and Korea ...). File is too big to be used on a PDA. You need to extract appropriate geographic region using DEMtoMAP utility