Plain Text Position Reference Format

Trakkit can import geographic positions from plain text or CSV files. Each position must be on a separate line.

Latitude and longitude must be expressed in decimal degrees, using negative values for South and West.

The following formats are accepted:

ISO 8601 — Date/Time First

2026-08-14T10:30:25Z 48.12345 -4.56789

2026-08-14T12:30:25+02:00 48.12345 -4.56789

Latitude Longitude Date Time

48.12345 -4.56789 2026-08-14 10:30

48.12345 -4.56789 2026-08-14 10:30:25

Compact Date and/or Time

48.12345 -4.56789 20260814 1030

48.12345 -4.56789 20260814 103025

Compact Date First

20260814 1030 48.12345 -4.56789

20260814 103025 48.12345 -4.56789

With UTC/GMT Timezone

48.12345 -4.56789 2026-08-14 10:30 UTC

48.12345 -4.56789 2026-08-14 10:30 GMT

48.12345 -4.56789 2026-08-14 10:30 UTC+2

48.12345 -4.56789 2026-08-14 10:30 GMT-5

ISO 8601 — Coordinates First

48.12345 -4.56789 2026-08-14T10:30:25Z

48.12345 -4.56789 2026-08-14T12:30:25+02:00

Optional Latitude/Longitude Labels

Lat 48.12345 Lon -4.56789 2026-08-14 10:30 UTC

Optional Navigation Data

Navigation data may be appended using either = or : as a separator.

48.12345 -4.56789 2026-08-14 10:30 UTC SOG=7.2 COG=215

48.12345 -4.56789 2026-08-14 10:30 UTC SOG:7.2 COG:215 AWS:18.5 AWA:42

Iridium GO!-Like Patterns

Additional text may be present between the coordinates and the date/time.

Lat 48.12345 Lon -4.56789 I'm here! Everything is OK on board. 2026-08-14 10:30:25 UTC

Note: CSV is now the prefered import method. For a complete reference to the CSV format, supported fields, and accepted variants, see the CSV Format Reference.