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MGLN vs. CSV

 
Thu, 11/30/2006 - 4:45pm

I have some GPX files that I've taken into my Magellan POI software to edit, and that saves them as MGLN file format. I can't seem to find a way to save them back as CSV from Magellan. Any suggestions? I wanted to share them here, but don't want to have to keep modifying two files of differing extensions.

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Thu, 11/30/2006 - 5:25pm

MGLN

I think you may be out of luck or a while. The usual solutions (PoiEdit / GPSBabel) don't seem to work with this format yet.

JM

Tue, 11/06/2007 - 6:31pm

Can't convert them either.

I tried different ways to convert a MGLN file to CSV and could not do it either.

Would it be possible to share the MGLN files, as is, at this website?

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vvitug
Wed, 11/21/2007 - 11:02pm

Retrieving poi's from .MGLN

You'll need GPSBabelGUI and Excel:

* Open up the Magellan POI editor and make sure you have the right category open
* Click on first item
* hit CTRL-END
* hit CTRL-C
* CTRL-V in Excel
By copying the list you have on your clipboard a tab seperated list.
You'll have to delete the first column and save this file as a CSV file.
Then use GPSBabelGUI and convert this CSV file to a GPX file. This GPX file is readable again by Magellan POI Editor.

Worked for me!!
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