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aka179	2007-06-26 , 15:15
Posts: 11 \| Thanked: 0 times \| Joined on Jun 2007	#1

It took me some time to figure this out so here is the procedure (using WinXP box):

1) Save route from Google Earth as kml file (for example as route.kml). If necessary manually edit route.kml to remove any non-ascii comments/names (there was Cyrillic text in my case)

2) Maemo Mapper supports routes in reduced version of GPX 1.0 format, so we need some converter here. I did not found any ready to use converter, it takes three steps.

3) Use tool from here to convert route.kml to route1.1.gpx

4) Use tool from here to convert GPX 1.1 to GPX 1.0. Result file is route1.0.gpx

5) Now edit route1.0.gpx:

<wpt> Elements are not supported by Maemo Mapper so they should be converted to <trkpt> ones (move name element and rename it to desc), like done below:

Source:

Code:

<wpt lat="55.68303000000001" lon="37.84037">
	<name>Head southeast on Novoryazanskoe sh.</name>
</wpt>
...
<trk>
	<name>Route</name>
	<trkseg>
		<trkpt lat="55.68303000000001" lon="37.84037"></trkpt>

Fixed file:

Code:

<trk>
	<name>Route</name>
	<trkseg>
		<trkpt lat="55.68303000000001" lon="37.84037">
			<desc>Head southeast on Novoryazanskoe sh.</desc>
	</trkpt>

6) Copy result route1.0.gpx to your Nokia device and open using Route->Open from menu.

A bit cumbersome but it works.

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fredoll	2007-06-26 , 15:18
Posts: 605 \| Thanked: 137 times \| Joined on Nov 2005 @ La Rochelle, France	#2

I suppose that is exactly what gnuite server does .... so why bother ?

Fred

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aka179	2007-06-26 , 16:40
Posts: 11 \| Thanked: 0 times \| Joined on Jun 2007	#3

gnuite server does not work for my routes - do not know why.
I am getting error "An error occurred while attempting to retrieve the driving directions - are the src and destination valid", while the same src and destination works perfectly for Google Earth.

I suspect gnuite server does not correctly handle unicode driving directions.

Last edited by aka179; 2007-06-26 at 16:42.