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  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Motorrad Routenplaner (Map&amp;amp;Guide) .bcr files (bcr)</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fmt_motoactv.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 3. The Formats</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fmt_mtk-bin.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" ><a id="fmt_bcr"></a>Motorrad Routenplaner (Map&amp;amp;Guide) .bcr files (bcr)</h2></div></div></div><p class="fmtcapshdr">
    This format can...
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          read and write routes
        </p></li></ul></div><p>This format has the following options: <a class="link" href="fmt_bcr.html#fmt_bcr_o_index" title="index option">index</a>, <a class="link" href="fmt_bcr.html#fmt_bcr_o_name" title="name option">name</a>, <a class="link" href="fmt_bcr.html#fmt_bcr_o_radius" title="radius option">radius</a>, <a class="link" href="fmt_bcr.html#fmt_bcr_o_prefer_shortnames" title="prefer_shortnames option">prefer_shortnames</a> .</p><p> 
This file format (extension .bcr) is used in Map&amp;Guide 
<span class="productname">Motorrad Routenplaner 2002</span>™ and later versions. 
BCR is a route-only format. If you own a newer release (2005 or later) you 
may also use the XML export with GPSBabel's <a class="link" href="fmt_tef.html" title="Map&amp;amp;Guide 'TourExchangeFormat' XML (tef)">tef</a> 
input format.  
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There may be other products from Map&amp;Guide that use this format as well.
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Coordinates are stored in a BCR file in a Mercator projection. The
conversion from the Mercator projection to polar (latitude/longitude) 
coordinates and back again may result in visible differences.  Experience 
reports are welcome.
</p><div class="example"><a id="sample_bcr_command"></a><p class="title"><strong>Example 3.26. Sample BCR command with all options</strong></p><div class="example-contents"><p><strong class="userinput"><code>gpsbabel -r -i gpx -f in.gpx -o bcr,index=1,name="From A to B",radius=6371012 -F a_to_b.bcr</code></strong></p></div></div><br class="example-break" /><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="fmt_bcr_o_index"></a><code class="option">index</code> option</h3></div></div></div><p>
      Index of route to write (if more than one in source).
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Because the format supports only one route, this option may be used 
on output to select a single route from a collection of 
routes read from a more expressive format.  If you have, say, a 
<a class="link" href="fmt_gpx.html" title="GPX XML (gpx)">gpx</a> file that contains two routes, you may
use this option to write them one at a time to individual files.
</p><p><strong class="userinput"><code>gpsbabel -i gpx -f routes.gpx -o bcr,index=1 -F route1.bcr -o bcr,index=2 -F route2.bcr</code></strong></p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="fmt_bcr_o_name"></a><code class="option">name</code> option</h3></div></div></div><p>
      New name for the route.
    </p><p>
This route specifies the name of the route.  This is particularly useful if
the route came from an input format that did not support named routes, but 
it may also be used to rename a route.
</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="fmt_bcr_o_radius"></a><code class="option">radius</code> option</h3></div></div></div><p>
      Radius of our big earth (default 6371000 meters).
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This option instructs GPSBabel to use a different value for the radius of 
the earth when converting between the Mercator projection and geographic 
coordinates.  The default value is 6371000.0 meters.
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Careful experimentation with this value may help to reduce conversion
errors.
</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="fmt_bcr_o_prefer_shortnames"></a><code class="option">prefer_shortnames</code> option</h3></div></div></div><p>
      Use shortname instead of description.
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This option causes GPSBabel to use the short name of the waypoint instead
of the description.
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