Convert GPX to Ozi WPT on Pocket PC

team unicycle · Post by **team unicycle** » 14 September 04 10:36 am

I am heading to Queensland in a couple of weeks, for a couple of weeks - most of which I won't have access to a PC.

I have the new Ipaq 3715, and anticipate using OziCE for mapping and GPX Sonar for cache info. Whilst away I expect to be able to download my emailed GPX files, which I can use with GPX Sonar.

Unfortunately, I can't see how to convert the GPX files to OziCE waypoint files. Can anyone offer a solution to this?

Ebenezer · Post by **Ebenezer** » 14 September 04 11:43 am

Maybe the waypoint files from roblisa.com would be enough to get by with? You can download cache waypoints by state in various formats including .wpt. http://www.roblisa.com/geocache/

ian-and-penny · Post by **ian-and-penny** » 14 September 04 1:45 pm

Use GSAK to convert your gpx files into Ozi waypoints before you go.

team unicycle · Post by **team unicycle** » 14 September 04 2:12 pm

Ebenezer wrote:Maybe the waypoint files from roblisa.com would be enough to get by with? You can download cache waypoints by state in various formats including .wpt. http://www.roblisa.com/geocache/

Quite possible, but not ideal.

ian-and-penny wrote:Use GSAK to convert your gpx files into Ozi waypoints before you go.

This is probably what I will end up doing.

Ebenezer · Post by **Ebenezer** » 14 September 04 3:00 pm

team unicycle wrote:
ian-and-penny wrote:Use GSAK to convert your gpx files into Ozi waypoints before you go.
This is probably what I will end up doing.

Sorry - I assumed that if you didn't have access to your PC then GSAK wouln't be a possibility.

team unicycle · Post by **team unicycle** » 14 September 04 3:11 pm

Ebenezer wrote:
ian-and-penny wrote:Use GSAK to convert your gpx files into Ozi waypoints before you go.

Sorry - I assumed that if you didn't have access to your PC then GSAK wouln't be a possibility.

Yep. That's why I'd have to do it before I left.

TeamAstro · Post by **TeamAstro** » 14 September 04 7:42 pm

Looks like Rob and Lisa have not updated their geocache downloads since the 28th August. This is a problem. Guess we can't complain too much and should be thankful it is there for free. I do rely on this site now far too much. I bet others are too?

clear skies, John

Team Piggy · Post by **Team Piggy** » 14 September 04 10:32 pm

Contact me on messenger Uni, I can D'load and mail them up to you in Ozi format..

Just set up a pocket query for QLD caches and then set the query to send to an alternate address of: unicycle@teampiggy.com and i'll crunch em and mail em to you from there.

team unicycle · Post by **team unicycle** » 26 September 04 1:22 am

I have this problem solved. I wrote something in Perl. It is crude, and relies on the layout of the GPX file, but it works.
And what's more, I still have 30 hours before I leave.

karmickev · Post by **karmickev** » 29 September 04 11:57 am

Hi

GPX is just XML.
XML is transformed using XSLT
WPT is just a flat file

GPX via XSLT to WPT is a snap

So, why not just use a quick .NET page on the iPaq to perform the translation.

Here's the XSLT
===============================
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-data" xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes">
<xsl:output method="text"/>
<xsl:template match="/" >Datum,WGS84,WGS84,0,0,0,0,0
<xsl:for-each select="//wpt">WP,D,<xsl:value-of select="name"/>,<xsl:value-of select="@lat"/>,<xsl:value-of select="@lon"/>,,,<xsl:value-of select="desc"/>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
================================

Or use my online conversion (as i do) at:
http://www.kevinread.com/4Geocaching/GpxForm.asp

Kevin

Ebenezer · Post by **Ebenezer** » 29 September 04 12:47 pm

Nice XSLT!

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Convert GPX to Ozi WPT on Pocket PC

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