Direwolf APRS decoding unknown data

Question

I've read the APRS spec, but can't for the life of me figure out where Direwolf is getting certain info. Looking at the output below:

Digipeater ZS6PJH-2 audio level = 55(23/12)   [NONE]   _____:|__
[0.6 11:24:46] ZS6JV-2>APDW17,ZS0ERB-5,ZS6PJH-2*,WIDE2-1:;ZS6JV-2  *111111z2638.28S\02756.20E&Internet Gateway
Object, "ZS6JV-2", I=Igte IGate R=RX T=1hopTX 2=2hopTX, DireWolf, WB2OSZ
S 26 38.2800, E 027 56.2000
Internet Gateway
mheard_save_rf: ZS6JV-2 2 - update time, was 2 hops 5 seconds ago.
callsign  cnt chan hops    RF      IS    lat     long  msp
ZS6JV-2     9   0   2     0:00    0:04  -26.64   27.94  0
ZS4OIL-1   15   0   2     0:00     -    -26.69   27.81  0
ZR6N-1      9   0   1     0:01     -    -26.10   28.02  0
ZS6MJS-10   7   0   0     0:03     -    -25.79   28.31  0
ZS0ERB-5    1   0   1     0:10     -    -26.39   28.00  0
ZS6BVJ-9   30   0   0     2:30     -    -25.78   28.32  0
ZS6JCO-1    2   0   4     2:37     -    -26.77   27.84  0
[0H 11:24:46] ZS6JV-2>APDW17,ZS0ERB-5,ZS6PJH-2,ZS6MJS-10*:;ZS6JV-2  *111111z2638.28S\02756.20E&Internet Gateway

I can't see which part of the APRS packet:

ZS6JV-2>APDW17,ZS0ERB-5,ZS6PJH-2*,WIDE2-1:;ZS6JV-2  *111111z2638.28S\02756.20E&Internet Gateway

Decodes to the below:

I=Igte IGate R=RX T=1hopTX 2=2hopTX

Answer 1

The \ and & after the latitude and the longitude respectively make up the symbol: \&. The descriptions that direwolf displays for symbols come from the data files symbolsX.txt and symbols-new.txt which are sourced from aprs.org.

The description for \& in symbolsX.txt is I=Igte R=RX T=1hopTX 2=2hopTX, which is where that's coming from, but it turns out to be quite a confusing message. It's in that file to convey the fact that I& should be used to mean "generic igate", R& to mean "RX-only igate", T& to mean "TX igate (with a 1-hop path)", and 2& to mean "TX igate (with a 2-hop path)"... and that \& is no longer recommended for use as a symbol. Direwolf is kind of displaying it out of context here. Usually the descriptions are more immediately useful.