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Yes, but I haven't found a way to use them for navigation yet.

So here's a rough explanation of my "tool-chain":

1. Create Track (e.g. @ www.bikeroutetoaster.com) --> get .gpx-file
2. Open file with RouteConverter (http://www.routeconverter.de/webstart/en)
3. Change Type from "Track" to "Waypoints"
4. Save file as "Haicom Logger (.csv)" (Don't ask why...I just figured out that it works...)
5. Open the .csv-file with diggerQT (see this forum)
6. Use the default coordinate system and select the right columns for latitude and longitude
7. There's a little catch: The "Next"-button is grayed out on the screen where you can choose how the POIs are displayed on the map. Double-click on the word "test" and select an image (.png or .ico).
8. Convert the file and copy the output to your Navigator FREE folder
9. The points should now be marked with the selected image in the map.

Sounds complicated, but works for me.

Please let me know, if you need further help.

Thank you for the update, mdx.
In the special case of me using bikeroutetoaster it doesn't help that much, since the saved gpx-files contain tracks, not points. So I still have to convert them. But that's not the fault of digger11..

Could I ask wwwindisch: 

In your step 8: "Convert the file and copy the output to your Navigator FREE folder"

I've read elsewhere that it should be copied to

"C:\\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\MapFactor\Setup\Data\Images" where the file poi.mca resides. Is this the one you mean?

In your step 9: "The points should now be marked with the selected image in the map."

Do you not have to go to Import and click on the name of your file? Does Navigator find and load them without being told to?

Your help would be much appreciated (see my thread about Navigator Free crashing).

Paul

Hi Paul,

big SORRY! I forgot to mention the main point: I'm talking about NavigatorFree for Windows CE5 (NOT the version for desktop PCs); I'm running it on my CarTrek 700 satnav.

@ micpennett & ciprian:
I suppose bikemap.net gives you a gps TRACK. Have you converted the track to waypoints (steps 3 & 4)? I got the same error when I tried to process a track with diggerQT.
The detour via the .csv file (step 4) is a bit strange, but it works for me. And there is a big advantage about it: You can open the .csv file with MS Excel and take a look at the data. You should see a table, which contains (besides other data) the two columns "longitude" and "latitude".

If you still have problems, please let me know...I can come up with a more detailed tutorial, if necessary.

Cheers

I've done a little tutorial with Screenr:

Part 1: http://screenr.com/l8A8
Part 2: http://screenr.com/L8A8

Sorry for the "German-English" ;-)
Please share your experiences with the conversion of tracks...

Just to make sure I got you right: You converted the NMEA to CSV and then with digger to MCA-files and copied them to your device? And digger completed successfully but your device didn't recognize the way-points?
Here is the sample route I'd used for the tutorial:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3mn3vikyLIfU29BX3VucnQ3cE0

You can try to copy the file to your NavigatorFree folder and zoom the map to the big park about 1km south-east of the center of Dresden/Germany. There the track should become visible...

@mdx: The import of POIs should work the same way for all NavigatorFree installations on WinCE5, regardless of the actual device, right?

@ wwwindisch :
First of all : thank you for this idea of "importing" gpx-tracks as waypoints using routeconverter ( saving in  "Haicom Logger (.csv)" format" )
But be aware :
This solution seems to work only with N(orth) and E(ast)  latitude / longitude coordinates,
because digger expects ( WGS84 ) coordinates as "signed" values :
The latitude and longitude are represented in signed degrees. For the sign, "+" is assigned to the north latitude and east longitude,
while "-" is assigned to the south latitude and west longitude. "+" may be omitted.
So waypoints with coordinates within the southern / western hemisphere will be "missinterpreted" by digger
due to the missing leading "-" sign in the saved "Haicom Logger (.csv)"file !
This is not a "routeconverter" issue ( Haicom Logger seems to use the nnn.nn,S nnn.nn,W  notation of coordnates and not the "signed" notation ... )