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A simple Python3 script convert a list of POIs into a .ov2 file for loading e.g. onto a GPS satnav.
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import struct | |
pois = [ | |
('McLaren', 51.34314, -0.54252), | |
('Williams', 51.61672, -1.41096), | |
('Alpine', 51.92018, -1.38986), | |
('Haas', 52.06374, -1.31433), | |
('Mercedes', 52.02262, -1.1495), | |
('Aston Martin', 52.07592, -1.0296), | |
('Red Bull', 52.00815, -0.6929), | |
] | |
def main() -> None: | |
with open('pois.ov2', 'w+b') as file: | |
for poi in pois: | |
lat = poi[1] | |
lon = poi[2] | |
name = poi[0] | |
print(name) | |
print('lat', lat) | |
print('lon', lon) | |
lat = int(lat * 100000) | |
lon = int(lon * 100000) | |
lat_bytes = struct.pack('<l', lat) | |
lon_bytes = struct.pack('<l', lon) | |
name_bytes = bytes(name, encoding='utf8') | |
rec_len = struct.pack('<l', 1 + 4 + 4 + 4 + len(name) + 1) | |
rec = b'\x02' + rec_len + lon_bytes + lat_bytes + name_bytes + b'\x00' | |
# print(rec) | |
print() | |
file.write(rec) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
main() |
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