# ECDIS and RTZ Route Files

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ecdis-and-rtz-route-files/55372>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [May 12, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ecdis-and-rtz-route-files/55372 "2020-05-12T06:07:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rasbats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@rasbats](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/rasbats)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ecdis-and-rtz-route-files/55372/1 "2020-05-12T06:07:57Z")

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I have been working on an application to convert RTZ files to/from OpenCPN GPX. The app offers validation of the RTZ files against v1.0 and v1.1 schemas.

[https://github.com/Rasbats/opencpn.rtz.assist/releases/tag/v0.2](https://github.com/Rasbats/opencpn.rtz.assist/releases/tag/v0.2)

To progress this work would anyone be able to provide an RTZ route file from their ECDIS?

Many thanks.  
Mike

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**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ecdis-and-rtz-route-files/55372/2 "2020-05-15T13:34:10Z")

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I didn’t know about RTZ files until you posted this. Never used them on the ship. I suspect the same is true of most mariners using ECDIS.

It was a few days before this post actually. RTZ files were mentioned in this post a few days before.

> [@Digitization in Shipping](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/digitization-in-shipping/54813):
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> Digitization is coming in shipping: Are you ready for it??