From 0da2da392ff5718b70e821ebe7f7f1ff23eb57e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: robertl Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 21:38:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] More minor doc tweaks. --- gpsbabel/xmldoc/chapters/preface.xml | 12 +++++++++++- gpsbabel/xmldoc/chapters/use.xml | 14 +++++++------- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/gpsbabel/xmldoc/chapters/preface.xml b/gpsbabel/xmldoc/chapters/preface.xml index 164c1c5eb..ab3f4fee3 100644 --- a/gpsbabel/xmldoc/chapters/preface.xml +++ b/gpsbabel/xmldoc/chapters/preface.xml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Introduction
- The Problem + The Problem: Too many incompatible formats There are simply too many gratuitously different file formats to hold waypoint, track, and route information in various programs used by computers and GPS receivers. @@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ used by computers and GPS receivers. standard in XML to contain all the data, but there are too many programs that don't understand it yet and too much data that are in an alternate formats. + + +Perhaps you have an Explorist 600 and your friend has a StreetPilot 2720. +You've collected a a list of your favorite locations as waypoints and you'd +like to be able to share them. Unfortunately, his copy of Garmin Mapsource +won't read data created by your copy of Magellan Directroute. What you need +is a program that converts data bewteen the two programs. + + +But GPSBabel actually does much more...
diff --git a/gpsbabel/xmldoc/chapters/use.xml b/gpsbabel/xmldoc/chapters/use.xml index a5c4816bf..db2f85485 100644 --- a/gpsbabel/xmldoc/chapters/use.xml +++ b/gpsbabel/xmldoc/chapters/use.xml @@ -140,13 +140,13 @@ merged data to multiple destinations. Route and Track Modes - Most formats will make a reasonable attempt to work + Most formats supported by GPSBabel will make a reasonable attempt to work transparently with waypoints, tracks, and routes. Some - formats, like 'garmin' and 'magellan' require the -t flag to work with tracks and + formats, like garmin and magellan require the -t flag to work with tracks and -r to work with routes. -w is for waypoints, and is the default. So if you wanted to read all - data from your unit into a gpx file, you might use a command + data from a Magellan Meridian GPS receiver into a gpx file, you might use a command like: gpsbabel -t -r -w -i magellan -f com1: -o gpx -F backup.gpx Tracks and routes are advanced features and don't try @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ merged data to multiple destinations. Many of those hazards can be overcome with our filters but there are often compromises to be made. For example, if you have a GPX route that contains 150 turn points but you're sending - the route to a GPX that supports only 30 turnpoints, something has + the route to a GPS receiver that supports only 30 turnpoints, something has to go. One might use our 'simplify' filter to produce a route that retained the 30 most mathematically significant turnpoints but that may not really be the route you had in mind. @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ merged data to multiple destinations. Realtime tracking - Introduced in GPSBabel 1.3.1, we now have an experimental feature for realtime tracking via the new '-T' option. This reads position reports from selected formats and writes an output file when a position report is received. + Introduced in GPSBabel 1.3.1, we now have an experimental feature for realtime tracking via the new option. This reads position reports from selected formats and writes an output file when a position report is received. As of this writing, Garmin's PVT protocol and NMEA are supported @@ -276,12 +276,12 @@ merged data to multiple destinations. Batch mode (command files) In addition to reading arguments from the command line, GPSBabel can - read directions from batch (or command) files via the '-b' option. + read directions from batch (or command) files via the option. These files are ideal for holding long command lines, long file lists, complex filters and so on. You can use all GPSBabel options and combinations when writing - such files. Nesting batch files by using the '-b' option within a batch file is supported. + such files. Nesting batch files by using the option within a batch file is supported. Here is an example demonstrating segmenting a large command line -- 2.30.2