Radio Mobile - RF propagation simulation software

Radio Mobile uses the PLT-format from OZI Explorer. This chapter discribes the format. Also a example in combination with line objects is displayed.

Track File (.plt)

This information is copied from: http://www.oziphototool.com/fileformats.html.

track file (.plt)
Line 1 : File type and version information
Line 2
: Geodetic Datum used for the Lat/Lon positions for each trackpoint
Line 3
: "Altitude is in feet" - just a reminder that the altitude is always stored in feet
Line 4
: Reserved for future use
Line 5
: multiple fields as below

Field 1 : always zero (0)
Field 2 : width of track plot line on screen - 1 or 2 are usually the best
Field 3 : track color (RGB)
Field 4 : track description (no commas allowed)
Field 5 : track skip value - reduces number of track points plotted, usually set to 1
Field 6 : track type - 0 = normal , 10 = closed polygon , 20 = Alarm Zone
Field 7 : track fill style - 0 =bsSolid; 1 =bsClear; 2 =bsBdiagonal; 3 =bsFdiagonal;
4 =bsCross; 5 =bsDiagCross; 6 =bsHorizontal; 7 =bsVertical;
Field 8 : track fill color (RGB)

Line 6 : Number of track points in the track, not used, the number of points is determined when reading the points file

Trackpoint data

  • One line per trackpoint
  • each field separated by a comma
  • non essential fields need not be entered but comma separators must still be used (example ,,)
    defaults will be used for empty fields

Field 1 : Latitude - decimal degrees.
Field 2 : Longitude - decimal degrees.
Field 3 : Code - 0 if normal, 1 if break in track line
Field 4 : Altitude in feet (-777 if not valid)
Field 5 : Date - see Date Format below, if blank a preset date will be used
Field 6 : Date as a string
Field 7 : Time as a string

Note that OziExplorer reads the Date/Time from field 5, the date and time in fields 6 & 7 are ignored.

lines

-27.350436, 153.055540,1,-777,36169.6307194, 09-Jan-99, 3:08:14
-27.348610, 153.055867,0,-777,36169.6307194, 09-Jan-99, 3:08:14

 

Radio Mobile example.

Radio Mobile is using this format for storing object information. Below a example is displayed.

Example file (.plt) used for lines in Radio Mobile

OziExplorer Track Point File Version 2.1
WGS 84
Altitude is in metre
Reserved 3
0,1,0,17-01-08 10:36:33
15
52.23230,4.91795,0,-2
52.18725,5.10117,0,-2
52.06336,5.24775,0,3
51.97326,5.35768,0,9
51.88316,5.44929,0,4
51.77053,5.48593,0,6
51.62411,5.48593,0,8
51.53402,5.46761,0,14
51.41013,5.35768,0,21
51.39886,5.11949,0,30
51.48896,4.95460,0,20
51.64664,4.93628,0,1
51.74800,4.99124,0,-1
51.81558,5.10117,0,2
51.84937,5.26607,0,4

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