Newbie Question igc files

On Sat, 08 Jun 2019 12:21:13 -0700, Joel Flamenbaum wrote:

Best program to open igc files?

Depends what you want to do with the file.

- To look at it as raw data, use any text editor (gedit if you run Linux,
Wordpad if you run Windows).

- To see flight statistics, etc, try GPLIGC, which runs under Linux or
Windows but is written in Perl, so you have to install Perl to use it.
Get it from http://pc12-c714.uibk.ac.at/GPLIGC/GPLIGC.php
It can also convert the log into an IGC file, but ignores any
turnpoints defined in the log.

- To display your flight using Google Earth, you need to convert the .igc
file into a .kml file. There are online converters:

- http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map_input?form=googleearth
can save the converted file or start Google Earth to display it.
It shows turnpoints defined in the IGC log.

- Use this converter: http://cunimb.net/igc2kml.php
Save the .KML file and then open it with Google Earth.
It shows turnpoints defined in the IGC log.

Or you can buy a copy of SeeYou from Naviter, https://www.naviter.com/


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