Polar File Format of choice, plus Conversion.

[Mark-1]

What's the Polar Format of choice for upload to devices that handle such things?Expedition/Deckman (.pol)? It seems widely used.

Can anyone recommend an application that allows conversion between different polar formats? (Expedition?) Even better can anyone recommend a free application to convert between different polar formats?

 

[Martin_J]

It was a while back since I edited the polar spreadsheets for our boat.. All were .pol

I did mention on the forum a few years back AutoPolaire V5 here..
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?444955-NMEA-data-logging-to-iPad-or-similar/page2

Looking for it now, we can find a translated page here https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.plaisance-pratique.com/polauto-mesurer-la-polaire-reelle&prev=search

It was great for both creating a polar from live or saved telemetry, and for editing (dragging individual points) on the visual afterwards.

I seem to think a few different applications needed slightly different columns so we worked on them manually before importing.

Looks like Bluewater Racing
https://www.bluewaterracing.com/

now has more formats included..

https://www.bluewaterracing.com/Help/pages/polarmanager.htm

I'm open to any other suggestions as well though..