ronmays Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I recently installed worldINT.bgl from http://www.aero.sors.fr/navint.html to update the FSX waypoints. Can someone recommend an easy to use utility that can deconstruct the bgl file to make a text file of the waypoint names and locations. I like to duplicate real flight plans using info from FlightAware and a lookup list of waypoints makes this easier to program in the FSX flight planner. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cianpars Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I believe there may be a tool to convert a bgl to an xml and a tool to convert an xml to an xls. However, I don't know a way of conveting it back once you have altered it. IAN Ryzen 5800X3D, Nvidia 3080 - 32 Gig DDR4 RAM, 1TB & 2 TB NVME drives - Windows 11 64 bit MSFS 2020 Premium Deluxe Edition Resolution 2560 x 1440 (32 inch curved monitor) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgh Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 The free BglAnalyseX.exe will convert a bgl file created using the FSX BGL Compiler SDK to an xml file. However it fails on magdec.bgl because it's not in the correct format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott967 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Bgl2Xml GUI by scruffyduck will decode to xml bglcomp files. The same site you got the waypoints from has tools for VOR NDB and ILS (but not waypoints). Other than that I don't think anyone has ever created a vector terrain or DEM decoder, and photoscenery is compressed with an unknown compression technique. Model Convertor X can extract model data from BGL files. Aside from that there are some "cats and dogs" bgls that are in unique formats. scott s. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmays Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Thanks for the replies. I don't want to change the bgl, just extract the data to make an up to date listing of available waypoints in FSX. Does anyone know the name of the program that converts xml to Excel or to a text file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f16jockey_2 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 XML IS a text file. Right-click -> "Open With..." -> eg. Notepad Wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmays Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Got it. Thanks XML IS a text file. Right-click -> "Open With..." -> eg. Notepad Wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmays Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Using Bgl2Xml to extract the waypoint information to an xml, then to an Excel sheet was simplicity itself. Thanks again. Now I'm curious about the 1 or 2 alphanumeric region code that is included with each waypoint. Does anyone know where I can find a list of the codes and the geographic area they cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringBean Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Now I'm curious about the 1 or 2 alphanumeric region code that is included with each waypoint. Does anyone know where I can find a list of the codes and the geographic area they cover? Have a look at this- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ICAO-countries.png ...and- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization_airport_code I think that is what you are looking for. peace, the Bean WWOD---What Would Opa Do? Farewell, my freind (sp) Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmays Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Thanks, that was just what I needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott967 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Note that in CONUS, FAA uses Kn where n is a digit as follows: scott s. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmays Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Thank you, that was very helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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