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Magellan Mapsend (mapsend)

This format can...

  • read and write waypoints

  • read and write tracks

  • read and write routes

This format has the following options: trkver .

This format supports the Magellan MapSend™ native file format.

Kudos to Magellan for having the foresight to document their file formats, making software like this possible.

trkver option

MapSend version TRK file to generate (3,4).

This option sets the MapSend version to generate TRK files, since new MapSend versions can't open version 3 files. Valid values are 3 (MapSend v3.0) or 4 (MapSend v4.0 and v4.1).