AlpineQuest & OfflineMaps

Awesome. Thanks.

However, how could anyone not want the gravimetry maps..

One small bugfix for the "Swissimage (Mosaik)" layer (max zoom 20, not 21):

The exact terms of use are now online: https://www.geo.admin.ch/en/geo-service ... f-use.html

E.g. the fair use limits:

Web Map Tile Service WMTS-BGDI wmts.geo.admin.ch 600 requests / minute

So since we're a weekend before the maps become free (https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/swisstopo/free-geodata.html), I though I can post my map definition file with my favourite layers here:

SWISSTOPOMAPS.AQX

However, DO NOT download or use it before 01.03.2021. You have been warned. :)

See ...

They say (https://groups.google.com/g/geoadmin-api/c/AVIrFTAVBEs):

They can use the free wmts.geo.admin.ch
„Fair use“ will apply —- details will communicated at ogd go live

Yes, one could read the "require any effort" part like that. But I think they mean "additional" or "manual" effort, such as non-standard products from their database, converting to some GIS formats, transformations into other systems and such. Let's see what they say in the mailing list.
I wonder ...

Hmm. Why do you think that? The (draft of) the legal text (German) explicitly mentions use of the _service(s)_ as one of the free things. I'll ask in the mailinglist.

Hello

If i understand it correctly https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/swisstopo/free-geodata.html says that we can use Swisstopo maps in Alpine Quest officially and legally from 31.03.2021:
"[...] from 1 March 2021, swisstopo's standard digital products will be available online free of charge."

The ...

Mark asks in a PM:
I have about 200 LDK files which I want to convert to GPX (so I end up with about 200 GPX files). I am not too techy but reading your post on the forum I think you have developed something. Is this right? If so I need to work out how to use your program on a Windows 10 machine ...

In case anyone is interested, the script is here: https://github.com/phkehl/apq2gpx

Hi, thanks a lot! I haven't seen that when looking (I think) at the same file.. :-/

Hi,

I think there's a bug when importing GPX files with timestamps. AlpineQuest (2.0.7) ignores timestamps in the format "yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss+00:00", i.e. with the "+hh:mm" timezone specifier. This is what I get from other software. It seems it only understands the "yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ" ones (it ...

Hi,

many thanks! I'm getting somewhere. Nice puzzle. I'm enjoying it!

Hi and thanks, too!

I've identified the WPT and other files within the LDK format. I could probably work out the structure around it. But if you can document it, that would be easier.

Thanks for the update on the TRK format. This raises another question: I have a real-world track. I extract this ...

Thanks, Psyberia.

I've got something working for the TRK, WPT, SET, RTE and ARE files. I've noticed that the specs don't seem to be up-to-date:

- There seems to be a 0xffffffff (-1?) after every {Metadata} in newer files. I have an old version 2 trk file that doesn't have that but with otherwise ...