Hello, I'm a new member - I've just bought my first GPS receiver. Those of you who publish waypoints on websites may be interested in the 'Geo' microformat: ...
... Great! Yet another unnecessary, overcomplicated, incompatible format for representing geographic coordinates. But I guess when your only tool is a ...
I have an Explorist 200 that you can't do anything but manually enter coordinates for caches into. It takes me about thirty seconds to a minute to enter them...
... The geo format may not be strictly necessary, but it could be a useful addition to simple HTML pages. The geo format does not appear to be overcomplicated....
... If you are entering only one or two waypoints at a time, your approach is fine. Some people want to enter dozens or hundreds of waypoints and refresh them...
I upload 500 caches into my Garmin Etrex Vista Cx, as well as my Palm Zire 71 in about 2 to 3 minutes TOTAL. 'Nuff said? LeadSinger (Pennsylvania) ... gps...
... It is only incompatible in part because companies refuse to adopt open standards, preferring to lock your wallet into their solution. Do you even know how...
In message <Pine.GSO.4.61.0704090918410.19017@shell3>, Neil R. Ormos <ormos-lists@...> writes ... Yes. ... No. ... No. ... No. ... Yes. That's one two of...
Yes, it is faster. I started on an eXplorist 200, but bought a 210 of my own. With Pocket Queries, you can have the GPX file sent to you. Using the software...
Yep I download about 1000 caches into my gps in about 30 sec. _____ From: gpsstash@yahoogroups.com [mailto:gpsstash@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Charles Sent:...
... The companies and their proprietary formats have been around a lot longer than the alleged "standard". Some of the companies (e.g., Garmin) have already...
... Oh, well, in light that overwhelming logic, I'm persuaded. It's so nice to have junior-high-school kids on the list. I guess AOL must have sent out...
... Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder I guess. I see DIV this, Class that, a bunch of angle brackets, alternative forms. So much extra stuff for so...
In message <Pine.GSO.4.61.0704091516310.19017@shell3>, Neil R. Ormos N9NL <ormos-lists@...> writes ... I didn't notice any "overwhelming logic", in either...
... Arbitrary HTML can have lots of confusing source. To me, the geo format seems like a pretty basic way of identifying geographic coordinates in the...
Hello Andy, ... So let me ask you this. What makes this better than GPX? I'm not being facetious, I'm just trying to understand. GPX is an open format based on...
... Andy can offer his own answer. But my guess is that it's aimed at a different problem. For example, if I wanted to embed some geographical information in...
In message <1535898509.20070409162509@...>, Leif Gregory < ... It's not *better* than GPX, it simply serves a different purpose. On a page with lost of...
Upgrade! To anything that'll take a cable! I use an Etrex, an Etrex Vista and a Magellan Meridian. I download my pocket queries to GSAK and use GSAK to upload...
Hello Andy, ... Ok.. got a handle on it now. What keyed me in was reading http://microformats.org/wiki/what-are-microformats (specifically Richard Quick). So...
... A couple of other posters chose to explain the reasons they disagreed; I addressed the substance of their posts. ... No, most new members get a hearty...
... Put the URL (or whatever) in an HTML comment and encode whatever you want displayed as normal. No doubt the W3C pedants will squeal like stuck pigs. But...
... They probably will squeal. HTML comments already have a defined purpose and it's not to store geographical information in the form of URLs. I would then...
Hello Scout, ... That's the great thing about standards! There's so darn many to choose from! <grin> -- TBUDL/BETA/DEV/TECH Lists Moderator / PGP 0x5D167202 __...
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