The file contains one named point per line. Blank lines and lines starting with an asterisk ("*") are ignored as comments.
The first item on a non-comment line is the name of the point. This consists of any non-space characters up to a limit of 100. The name is followed by a space and the latitude and longitude of the point.
The object type of all of the points in a .TPS file is specified by the file command in the .MAP file which caused the file to be read. This is combined with the position of the point to determine which object command applies.
The object command determines the length of the names of objects of the type and area specified. If the name length is specified as zero then variable length names are placed in the .EWM file, of the length which actually appears in the .TPS file.
If name length specified on the object command is non-zero then it specifies that the length of the names in the .EWM file is fixed. Names in the .TPS file shorter than the specified length are padded with spaces, names longer are truncated.
Normally, it would be best to specify variable length (by specifying zero for the name length in the object command) unless all the names are the same length, for example, the BGA "trigraphs" for turn points which are, by definition, three characters.