- Time will be expressed in UTC, which seems to be expressed in XML like this: 20001108T093014Z (that's Nov 11, 2001, 09:30:14 UTC) Reference:...
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Chris Wilder-Smith
chris@...
Sep 27, 2001 9:24 pm
Dave, I agree with the concept of using a time offset in the track logs. It almost seems to me that there has to be a different waypoint element for use in...
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randyday@...
Sep 28, 2001 1:47 am
Is the offset from the last point or from the initial point? When does it wrap? Wouldn't it be simpler to just use a time format that has adequate precision?...
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Chris Wilder-Smith
chris@...
Sep 28, 2001 11:32 am
Randy, I think it might make sense to have a higher precision timestamp in some cases. At least a tenth of a second seems reasonable. Offsets in the track log...
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Dan Foster
egroups@...
Sep 28, 2001 4:40 pm
Hello, Friday, September 28, 2001, 7:32:24 AM, Chris wrote: CWS> When you get down to it, all the manipulations will happen on data structures CWS> in memory...
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Dan Foster
egroups@...
Sep 28, 2001 4:43 pm
Hello, Before we get to the task of building a common XML format for GPS data interchange, we need to agree on some basic principles and guidelines for...
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Kevin Read
kevin@...
Sep 28, 2001 5:01 pm
Dan said ... I certainly agree with this point. If the final GPX specification promotes the publicly-adopted data structures as a mandatory base for private...
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larrywjames@...
Sep 28, 2001 6:08 pm
I would like to argue for track points as a separate element from waypoints. Most GPS applications, as well as storage within the GPS receiver, treat these as...
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Dan Foster
egroups@...
Sep 28, 2001 7:22 pm
Hello, Friday, September 28, 2001, 2:08:31 PM, Larry wrote: lyc> I would like to argue for track points as a separate element from waypoints. Most GPS...
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randyday@...
Sep 29, 2001 6:36 am
... from waypoints. Most GPS applications, as well as storage within the GPS receiver, treat these as separate things. When you are ... the software needs to...
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Dan Foster
egroups@...
Oct 1, 2001 1:26 am
Hello, Saturday, September 29, 2001, 2:36:56 AM, Randy wrote: ryc> I guess I need more explanation of a <link> element. I'm not sure I ryc> appreciate its...
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randyday@...
Oct 3, 2001 6:10 am
... connection ... what ... point ... and ... Ok, I see the functionality you are after. A construct like <link> is dependent on the <point> prior and after:...
Ok, I have gone to the http://www.topografix.com/xml.asp page. I have seen the general idea of the XML format for waypoints. But the page talks about being THE...
... Hi, As far as I know, there's no DTD yet. When some of the details are firmed up, a DTD should be created. Before that happens, the best you can do is to...
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Dan Foster
egroups@...
Oct 14, 2001 5:05 pm
Hello, Wednesday, October 03, 2001, 2:10:44 AM, Randy wrote: ... ryc> connection ... ryc> what ... ryc> point ... ryc> and ... ryc> Ok, I see the functionality...
I've just joined this new list and read the previous postings on the web site. I sent an e-mail to the link on the Topografix site and received a reply. I...
Hello Alan, Tuesday, October 16, 2001, 7:28:40 PM, you wrote: AMG> I commentated that I thought the file format (as seen in the sample) was very wasteful in...
I would like to see a field in waypoints added (optional, of course) to include text describing the source of the waypoint. example: I would like to provide a...
Hello, I'd like to start putting together a list of attributes that might be included in the public version of the <point> element. Please add anything you...
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Henry C. Schmitt
Henry@...
Oct 18, 2001 2:11 am
Dan - This looks pretty good. A few things come to mind when I look at this: First, why only 3 or 4 character tags? I thought the point in XML was to have...
Hello, Wednesday, October 17, 2001, 10:10:21 PM, Henry wrote: HCS> Dan - HCS> This looks pretty good. A few things come to mind when I look at this: HCS>...
... I think that we should also consider a method of including an image with a type of point which is a landmark. I'm thinking here of the gpx format being...
A few comments: re: WGS84. I tend to agree that the interchange format should be standardized. Since my GPS unit wants units in WGS84 during data transfers, I...
General question: should the XML definition provide a "basic" lowest common denominator for data interchange, or should its definition be comprehensive to ...
Hello, Thursday, October 18, 2001, 12:03:38 AM, Dave wrote: dyc> --- In gpsxml@y..., Dan Foster <egroups@t...> wrote: dyc> I think that we should also consider...
Hello jfmezei, Thursday, October 18, 2001, 1:59:11 AM, you wrote: jvc> A few comments: jvc> re: WGS84. jvc> I tend to agree that the interchange format should...
Hello, Thursday, October 18, 2001, 2:02:03 AM, you wrote: jvc> General question: jvc> should the XML definition provide a "basic" lowest common denominator ...
Hi, I haven't had the time to participate in the discussion until now. This is unfortunate as there have been many good arguments that I'd like to comment on....
Hello, Thursday, October 18, 2001, 9:31:18 AM, Dave wrote: dyc>> I'm not too happy about the idea of the <point> element being all dyc>> things too all people,...
Hello, Let's start a list of point-specific concepts that might be useful to share between GPS or mapping applications. I think having such a list will be...
