What is the difference between <fix> and <type>? I've been using the <type> record for "AIRPORT", "VOR", "VFR-WPT", etc. But would it be better to put that...
... As per the GPX 1.1 schema, for Waypoints, the "type" element is the "Type (classification) of the waypoint", whereas the "fix" element is the "Type of GPX...
Doing a "SAXCount -n -s -f" to test my new schema and GPX file generator, I get this wierd error: Error at file /home/ptomblin/waypoint.gpx, line 751, char 35 ...
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Hello, Is anyone currently writing geocaching information into a GPX 1.1 document using the groundspeak schema? GPX 1.1 requires all other schema data to be...
... A large part of my (GPSBabel's) user base is geocachers. Since Groundspeak itself doesn't do GPX 1.1, I handle their extensions -both read and write- only...
I'm trying to encourage the addition of certain types of map annotations so that GPX Overlay is more useful for map publishing. I tried last year in the...
... CacheMate can import GPX 1.0 and 1.1 with extensions, but at present is only writing 1.0. You're right in that it wouldn't take much to add 1.1 writing,...
Hi I have created a locaton recording device for my camera that stores long and lat and the compass direction on a FLASH card in CSV format each time I take a...
If you don't mind my asking... how did you send data from the camera to the your box to indicate that you had just taken a picture? I rigged up something far...
... to the ... to get ... Hi Lisa My GeoTagger connects to the camera flash shoe and on the Canon EOS5D the centre connection pin is taken low each time a...
Sounds like a simple perl script. The heading data is relatively non-standard, I believe. I had trouble using gpsbabel for this purpose. Lisa ... [Non-text...
Hi all, I'm trying to open a gpx file with OpenOffice. I'm using "StarXpert xml calc filter" everything works except I'm not able to see latitudes and...
... A naive question: why you don't use the time value from your photo (EXIF tag) to get the gps position from a recorded track? Something like OziPhotoTool: ...
... (EXIF tag) to get the gps position from a recorded track? ... There are actually quite a few tools for doing this. Some are free and some not. The...
Hello Indeed there are a number of tools to merge GPS tracks with EXIF data but as far as I can see, they are all blunt instruments trying to solve a rather...
Hi Richard, I have an understanding of your specific problem and can send you a gpx schema extension in a separate email. I'm working on a project where...
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... I understand there used to be a 'heading' field, as well as 'course', in version 1.0. 'Heading' would be ideal for your purpose as it represents the ...
... A schema for a "view" should be more flexible than just adding 'compass direction'. It should include all the data necessary for orthorectification of the...
It turns out we haven't finished our GPX extension... but there are some considerations beyond heading. We need a date-uploaded and date-modified as well as...
... You might need 'camera orientation' info, such as the camera tilt, etc. ... -- Dave Patton Co-Lead Developer, Punt http://punt.sourceforge.net/ Canadian...
Hello David / Lisa I was going to suggest including many of the EXIF tags in the "VIEW" description as this would give much more flexibility when exchanging ...
Speaking of photo stitching... take a look at this... http://labs.live.com/photosynth/ I'm not aware that they are using any of this sort of information to do...
I spotted that too on the BBC web site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5235724.stm I think the data would be useful when selecting or searching for ...
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What about altitude as well? Some GPS can provide this info? I guess if we are talking about potential aerial photography then this becomes even more...
It makes sense to encode elements like altitude and heading in the gpx file, if available and useful. But why not just leave the EXIF data pertaining to camera...