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8 - Importing a Favorite
You can download a list of favorite locations from your PC to your device.
The list must be contained in .csv files. As part of the download procedure, you convert the .csv files to .dat
format for storage on your device by using the Destinator Conversion utility.
Favorites Importing File Structure
The Favorites Importing file structure must be in .csv (Comma-Separated Values) format.
The file contains the following fields:
1. Name of favorite
2. Comment
3. Longitude
4. Latitude
5. ZIP Code
6. City
7. Street
8. House number
The Longitude and Latitude are numerical values. All the others are string values. If a string value contains a
comma, the field must have quotation marks.
Examples:
Name Comment Long. Lat. Zip
Code
City Street House
Number
Favorite
place 1
Destinator
Favorites
Converter
Comment 1
39.21370 38.78903
8033 Munich Ariboweg 173
Favorite
place 2
Destinator
Favorites
Converter
Comment 2
24.85091 34.33012
1070 Brussels Moutstraat
“Weg”
183
Favorite
place 3
Destinator
Favorites
Converter
Comment 3
44.80999 38.16141
1096
Amsterda
m
Joop
Geesinkweg
9003
Favorite
place 4
Destinator
Favorites
Converter
Comment 4
24.79360 37.08604
75010
Paris Rue Danton 3013
Favorite
place 5
Destinator
Favorites
Converter
Comment 5
44.97889 23.82718
8044 Zurich Frits Weg 123
The .csv file contains the values in a table as a series of ASCII text lines, organized so that each column
value is separated by a comma from the next column's value and each row starts a new line.