Suunto xml format

[oldgasman]

Hi everyone.

My first post here, so be gentle ;-)

I have several years experience with GPS loggers and file conversion, but these were all used with Windows software. Having decided a future with Windows 8 wasn't for me, I made the switch to Mac, which has proved to be a good decision after several months use to date.

The only issue I have with Mac software is that there is a very limited selection of GPS data manipulation programs available - that was until I found 'Routeconverter', which I am very pleased with after several weeks use.

I have just bought myself a new 'Suunto Ambit 2', as the offers available due to the new 'Ambit 3' coming in September were just too good to miss. Unfortunately, 'Routeconverter' does not read the raw xml files produced by this excellent piece of GPS tracking kit. I have used Suunto's 'Moveslink 2' and 'Movescount' to access data files, but I don't want to be tied to web access for data interrogation if at all possible.

I was just wondering if there was any chance this GPS file format could be added to a future update of this excellent program. I can provide a couple of sample files if needed.

Many thanks for a great program and your time in reading this post.

Cheers, ... John

[routeconverter]

My first post here, so be gentle ;-)

Hi John,

welcome in the forum!

I was just wondering if there was any chance this GPS file format could be added to a future update of this excellent program. I can provide a couple of sample files if needed.

Please send some sample files and documentation about the file format. I've googled a bit and found no references.

Many thanks for a great program and your time in reading this post.

I'm happy it's useful to you.

[oldgasman]

Hi Christian,

Thanks for the swift reply.

I have added a zip file with a couple of routes that I did today as an example of the Suunto xml format. The first is a walk (slow, as I’m recovering from a leg injury) to my local shops and was recorded at 10sec. intervals. The second was a drive to a local garage with the log interval set to 1sec. The beauty about this watch is that you can customise multiple GPS settings and change them by just selecting the new profile when you are out and about - nice!!.

You asked about details and documents about this watch and file format, so listed below are a few weblinks that I think you will find helpful.

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/04/suunt...eview.html - this is a very comprehensive review of the watch itself, and also a detailed look at Suunto’s analysis software.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgyL3PfbTcA - Here’s a video review from a user after 6 months experience with the watch.

http://www.movescount.com/ - This is Suunto’s data analysis portal for checking your progress.

http://www.movescount.com/connect/moveslinkmac - This link provides the PC/Mac software necessary to interrogate the watch and download the data.

https://code.google.com/p/ambit2gpx/wiki/Readme This is a program called ‘ambit2gpx’ that runs a Python script to convert the Suunto xml file to GPX format (not sure it’s of any use to you - its all greek to me I’m afraid ;-)

http://ns.suunto.com/Manuals/Ambit2/User...ide_EN.pdf - Finally, here is the User Manual in case it is of any use.

Many thanks for your support with this request, it is greatly appreciated.

Cheers, … John