Waypoints & Turnpoints
The Lake Keepit Waypoints and Turnpoints Page
This page has links to a bundle of waypoints which are probably not the really serious approved official waypoints for comps etc since they cover from Cairns to Tassie… almost. For the Comps waypoints, see the Comps section.
Getting a comprehensive list or database of waypoints can be a tedious task for a number of reasons.
- There are many different waypoint file formats
- The waypoints are often noted inaccurately giving rise to duplicates
- Many navigation instruments only let you store a limited number of waypoints.
It would be a shame to depart from tradition in any way by offering a comprehensive and accurate list, weeded down to a bare 250 waypoints, so what follows is just another series of lists.
First, a really good format for keeping these lists is the SeeYou cup format. This is also supported by some navigation computers such as the LX series. There are several reasons why this format is good.
- The .cup format is just comma delimited text or .csv. This means you can import the file into a navigation program or, by just changing the file's tag, into a spreadsheet or word processing program.
- With a program such as SeeYou or a text editor like BBedit, it is possible to sort the list, remove duplicates and append new items to the list. Note, be very careful of programs like Word which will try and add styles and formatting. The files should be plain text.
- Being just a simple text format, it is an easy matter to enter tasks directly into the list. In fact this is probably faster with a text processor than using a dedicted navigation program if you know in advance what the waypoints in the task are. Once they are loaded into a waypoints list in text format, they can be read into most navigation computers or software.
- The format of the .cup files is published by Naviter (SeeYou) and it occupies just one and a half pages. Easy. A pdf file on this is included below.
In SeeYou, it is possible to sort the waypoints by distance or bearing, and then select a group of these to export. This gives a list centred around a home waypoint or with a range of bearings from that waypoint, and a quantity that most GPS or navigation computers can work with.
The following waypoints are mainly of interest to people based in or near Lake Keepit, +/- 10 degrees either way. NSW, mainly. Well, Australia on the East Coast.
| Filename | Content | Download |
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| File formats. .cup | The structure of CUP files from Naviter |  |
| Filename | Content | Download |
| Waypoint or Turnpoint files | LKSC_2009.cup competition turnpoints near LKSC. 113 points. |  |
| NSW.cup. Most of the principal waypoints, airstrips etc. on the East Coast. 1550 points. | |
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| Aust_East_Coast.cup. The above two files in one. Around 2400 waypoints. 2330 points. | |
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| Area Maps | Lake Keepit Local Area Map. 20 km radius. | |
| Lake Keepit Task Area Map. 200 km radius. | |
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