<type><mode><way>... ... the current version of GPX includes - as I see it - only information related to GPS data and general add-ons like names, descriptions...
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Kjeld Jensen
jensen_kjeld
Nov 7, 2002 12:22 am
I think Yahoo is a bit awkward to use, but it does the job, and that is the most important for me. I personally don't mind switching to sourceforge but on the...
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Brian Lalor
blalor76
Nov 7, 2002 12:27 am
... Have we discussed using namespaces at all? I really don't know a great deal about XML, but it seems like namespaces can make it fairly modular. We (or...
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Kjeld Jensen
jensen_kjeld
Nov 7, 2002 12:33 am
Hi Dan Foster, A short comment to your long and detailed explanation... I vote for extra namespaces for map calibration and most certainly for the real time...
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Kjeld Jensen
jensen_kjeld
Nov 7, 2002 12:36 am
Hi Brian Lalor, ... As far as I know this is exactly where the private tags are currently used by at least Dan and Dave. But I was under the impression that...
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Jeremy Irish
groundspeaker
Nov 7, 2002 12:50 am
Why not just make it an optional attribute? Jeremy ... From: Kjeld Jensen [mailto:gps@...] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 4:24 PM To:...
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Jeremy Irish
groundspeaker
Nov 7, 2002 1:05 am
We'd be happy to host it at Groundspeak, and bypass either option. We have ecartis running here (formerly Listar). Dan can continue as the moderator. Jeremy ...
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Jeremy Irish
groundspeaker
Nov 7, 2002 1:23 am
True. I'm doing this with cache data in a groundspeak:cache namespace. -- I take back my last statement. <rte> and <trk> should have a <type> tag to duplicate...
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Kjeld Jensen
jensen_kjeld
Nov 7, 2002 7:24 am
Hi Jeremy Irish, ... When we defined 1.0 we decided (after a long discussion) to use attributes only for required information and elements only for optional...
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davewissenbach
Nov 7, 2002 2:12 pm
... called ... the ... <region> ... Region would be a closed path, but otherwise look just like a track. Farmer Brown would get on his four-wheeler and drive...
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Dan Foster
topografix
Nov 7, 2002 3:42 pm
Hello, Thursday, November 7, 2002, 9:12:15 AM, Dave wrote: d> Region would be a closed path, but otherwise look just like a track. Wouldn't something like this...
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Dan Foster
topografix
Nov 7, 2002 3:51 pm
Hello, Wednesday, November 6, 2002, 7:38:17 PM, Kjeld wrote: K> Hi Brian Lalor, ... K> As far as I know this is exactly where the private tags are currently K>...
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Jeremy Irish
groundspeaker
Nov 7, 2002 5:48 pm
Seems like spacial data should be separate from waypoint, route and track sharing. Showing a closed loop bike path is one thing (which IMO belongs as part of...
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Jeremy Irish
groundspeaker
Nov 7, 2002 9:11 pm
Wow. I can see how the GPX format could get bloated fast. Is that written in stone? It seems to me the purpose of attributes in XML are to give further...
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Martin Puller
martinp1313
Nov 7, 2002 9:20 pm
I think he meant that if mfr, ver, model were required, then: <src mfr="Garmin" ver="1.2" model="Etrex Vista" /> would be fine... but if they are optional,...
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davewissenbach
Nov 8, 2002 2:09 pm
... track. ... we ... used ... line ... One way to achieve this would be to define a type which is common to route, track, or region, but keep the element name...
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davewissenbach
Nov 8, 2002 2:32 pm
... public tags, ... things ... Latitude, ... that ... bit ... makes a ... perhaps ... public ... with ... fall ... along ... Kjeld's ... this. I ... and ... ...
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Robert Lipe
robertlipe
Nov 8, 2002 4:31 pm
... I recall questioning why they were distinguished in the GPX spec. While I certainly haven't pushed the bounds of GPX like you guys have, I wound up...
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Dan Foster
topografix
Nov 8, 2002 6:42 pm
Hello, Friday, November 8, 2002, 11:31:51 AM, Robert wrote: R> I recall questioning why [routes and tracks] were distinguished in the GPX spec. R> While I...
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Kjeld Jensen
jensen_kjeld
Nov 10, 2002 5:03 pm
Hi Jeremy Irish, ... Following this philosophy a waypoint element should consist of only attributes as all of them are ment to give further information about ...
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Kjeld Jensen
jensen_kjeld
Nov 10, 2002 5:30 pm
Hi Dan, ... I like your ideas. It becomes clearer to me that adding public namespaces is the best way to extend the GPX format. We could recreate GPX as an...
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Kjeld Jensen
jensen_kjeld
Nov 10, 2002 5:40 pm
Hi Robert and Dave, ... You may be right about the internal design but as stated in my loooong explanation I believe it is much easier to understand if they ...
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Joel E. Williams, Jr.
reeljustice2...
Nov 11, 2002 3:14 am
Gentlemen: I have followed the discussions with great interest. I confess to not giving the attention to the group it deserves and apologize for any apparent...
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Robert Lipe
robertlipe
Nov 12, 2002 8:11 am
... OK, but I'm still not sure I agree with your definition since you seem to define them different just to make them easier to grasp and not based on real a...
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Kjeld Jensen
jensen_kjeld
Nov 12, 2002 9:57 am
Hi Robert Lipe, ... The part about making the definition easier to grasp is a side effect. I believe there are some important distinctions between waypoints,...
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Robert Lipe
robertlipe
Nov 12, 2002 6:24 pm
... OK, sold. Keep it as an otional tag. ... I'm just calling them that becuase we call the tag "wpt" inside gpx. I'm certainly not bent on the term and I do...
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Jeremy Irish
groundspeaker
Nov 13, 2002 3:46 pm
I changed the topic since <region> didn't really fit the discussion. Personally, I thought XML was supposed to be both readable and parsable. Normalization is...
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henry_wede
Nov 25, 2002 3:56 am
Hello - I new here (and new to XML), so this question may have been addressed early on... Why are the waypoint elements on the same 'level' as the route and ...
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Chris Jones
xmlchodaboy
Nov 25, 2002 6:50 pm
Hi Henry, I'm merely a user of GPX-- but I'm fairly sure one of the goals is simplicity. If you're new to XML, you'll soon realize that for everything you...
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smorris160 <scmorr...
smorris160
Dec 12, 2002 5:18 am
Hi All, I never announced it here, but just wanted to let everyone know that there is another GPX mapping program out there, TopoFusion. We use GPX as our...
