I'm new to the GPX format. I was looking for a standard for the symbology (symbols) and their naming convention? Is there such a thing and if so please help...
... There is no standard that I am aware of. I use Garmin names because they have a large number of defined symbols. Even Garmin doesn't exactly maintain a...
... There's no real standard. There is a set of about 40 names that most companies use, although they use slightly different symbols for the names. Also,...
Thanks Dan Gene in Colordo ... From: gpsxml@yahoogroups.com [mailto:gpsxml@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Anderson Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 6:48 PM To:...
Hello, I only just recently learned about the points of interest (POI) feature my Garmin device has (it's the c340). So I've been playing around with it for...
Thanks Dan and Simon: I complied a list from the garmin lists that you pointed me to. It comes up to about 150 icon names. Is there a place to go to fine even...
Would it be possible to define a standard as part of GPX? We could build on the existing list of symbol names. We could even link the names to a corresponding...
I await illumination and correction from the GPX experts here, but until then ... ... You could define a set of strings that would be the minimum supported ...
... Garmin also has around 260 map poi symbols. If you download the cGPSmapper program, you will get a list of the mapping types. The US National Park Service...
Simon, I guess I wasn't thinking about using the standard on a mobile device, but of the opposite, using them on a Desktop. For example, I'd like to import a...
... Your answer is pretty close to what I'd have typed. I have the impression that formalizing this is an unwinnable battle unless it comes from the GPS...
... I understand entirely, your desire for a standardised set of names and icons to use on computers. But don't forget that almost all GPS devices are (in...
Not, strictly speaking, on-charter for this group, but you people know all about this stuff. What with the explosion of devices which can tell you your...
... email messages, blog entries and comments, web pages, usenet messages, Instant Messages. If possible, should be useful in SMS as well. ... I have no idea...
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:25:11 +0100 "Simon Slavin" ... I would think <geoloc latitude="NN.NNN" longitude="NN.NNN"/> would be more XML-like, and would make the...
... Or perhaps borrow from KML, now known as "OpenGIS® KML Encoding Standard" (OGC KML). It is now maintained by the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC)...
... Or I could use GPX. But I've never seen any of these formats used for specifying a location in the middle of a human-readable message. I'm trying to...
I think having a standard URI-looking thing is more important than being able to squeeze in every possible parameter. This would be very cool if it caught on....
... Ah, I see. Do you want that code displayed to the user as-is, or rendered somehow by the browser? If you just want a link, an http URL that returns a KML...
... That's exactly it. Obviously my first explanation was poor but the second one was understandable. ... Radius is a very good idea. Thank you. And since...
... There is already proposal (internet draft) within the IETF geopriv working group for a geolocation URI. "A Uniform Resource Identifier for Geographic...
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