.tpo Files

[+WildcatCachers]

Does anybody know a program, other than NG TOPO!, that will open .tpo files?

 

thanks

[+Renegade Knight]

GPS Bable may not open them like most programs but it probably can process them into something else you can use.

[+WildcatCachers]

Looks like GPS Babel only works with .tpg files ...

 

Here's what I found in the documentation ...

National Geographic Topo Waypoint format.

National Geographic Topo! Waypoint Format. This filter

reads and writes .TPG files created by various editions of NG Topo!

This filter will *not* work with the newer combined .TPO files.

 

Any body have any ideas?

[+scottandginny]

Looks like GPS Babel only works with .tpg files ...

 

Here's what I found in the documentation ...

National Geographic Topo Waypoint format.

National Geographic Topo! Waypoint Format. This filter

reads and writes .TPG files created by various editions of NG Topo!

This filter will *not* work with the newer combined .TPO files.

 

Any body have any ideas?

 

Yup, run gpsbabel from command line. This will only work with older Topo! files. 2.x I think.

 

here is the string I use to convert a tpo track file to a gpx file

 

gpsbabel -t -i tpo,state=NY -f sourcefile.tpo -o gpx -F outputfile.gpx

 

means

 

gpsbabel -t(process tracks) -i(input type) tpo,state=NY(Topo 2.x in State NY) -f(source file coming up) sourcefile.tpo(input file) -o(output type) gpx(output GPX File) -F(output filename coming up) outputfile.gpx(outputfile)

[Grasscatcher]

I use Topo a lot and I'm not aware of another program compatible with tpo files. However, the data in a tpo file (waypoints, tracks, routes, but not maps) can be exported as text files and then imported into other programs such as Expert GPS, etc.

Kind of a PITB to have to do that.