From f30387bc16615095730cfa080a0a24ea172dc808 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: robertl Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 19:18:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document garmin_poi and garmin301. --- readme.xml | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/readme.xml b/readme.xml index 1d453714f..0e4fb3a2f 100644 --- a/readme.xml +++ b/readme.xml @@ -247,11 +247,11 @@ Limited-access toll highways ramp Access ramps for limited-access highways - us -National highways (e.g. US routes) + us National +highways (e.g. US routes) - primary -Primary State/Provincial routes + primary Primary +State/Provincial routes state State/Provincial routes @@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ own separator. format for waypoints, routes and tracks. For more information please have a look at http://www.compegps.com - + Options: Default Icon name. Use route/track number @@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ Deluxe CSV There are a billion variants of Comma Separated Value -data. This is the one that makes Delorme S&A Deluxe 9 happy. -It's also a very simple program and useful for many other programs -like spreadsheets. +data. This is the one that makes Delorme S&A Deluxe 9 happy. It's +also a very simple program and useful for many other programs like +spreadsheets. CSV is also the correct format for Lowrance MapCreate, their commercial mapping program, or GDM6 (their free waypoint manager) for iFinder which is available at + +
+ + Garmin POI Database. + + garmin_poi + The Garmin POI +loader loads custom points of interest into certain models of +Garmin GPS receivers. (As of this writing, only the models introduced +in 2005 and later are supported. See Garmin's site for more info.) +This is the format readable that that program. +
+ +
+ Garmin 301 data. + garmin301 This is a very simple format that +is most useful for exporting data from a Garmin301 to other programs +for analysis. It's a simple comma delimited format that includes the +timestamp, 3D position information and heart rate so you can pull it +into a spreadsheet or graphing program. +
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GeocachingDB format @@ -610,8 +633,8 @@ is very well supported. Geocaching DB This is a PDA file format. It was tested against version -2 of GeocachingDB and a development snapshot of version 3. -Information on the file format came from Dougs Brat and Ron Parker. A +2 of GeocachingDB and a development snapshot of version 3. Information +on the file format came from Dougs Brat and Ron Parker. A particularly handy way to use GPSBabel on these files is to use GPSBabel to read a GPX file with Groundspeak (geocaching.com) extensions and let it write you a GeocachingDB file that contains the @@ -831,7 +854,7 @@ extension) waypoints in the input file. It supports a number of Geocaching GPX extensions, as well as filters out potentially harmful HTML from the input file while maintaining almost all of the source HTML formatting. - Use the 'stylesheet' option to specify a CSS stylesheet to be used +Use the 'stylesheet' option to specify a CSS stylesheet to be used with the resulting HTML file. Use the 'encrypt' option to encrypt hints from Groundspeak GPX files. Use the 'logs' option to include Groundspeak cache logs. @@ -1121,7 +1144,7 @@ url="http://homepages.tig.com.au/~robk/datalogger.html">homepages.tig.com.au gpstm.com +">gpstm.com gpsbabel.org
@@ -1426,7 +1449,7 @@ text,encrypt -F 12345.txt TIGER The U.S. Census Bureau provides online mapping facilities. - This format is described at: tiger.census.gov. Do notice that this format is not the actual Tiger line mapping records, but rather the interface to their online mapping @@ -1514,7 +1537,7 @@ may crash VitoNavigator II on the Pocket PC. handle at least a few thousand of the billion CSV variants available. By itself, it doesn't comply to any format, however *most* CSV variants can be described as a "style" and fine-tuned by the end user. - For more information on it's use, please see README.style in the +For more information on it's use, please see README.style in the style/ sub-directory of GPSBabel. For an example of using the XCSV module within your C program, look at the ozi.c, XMap Delorme TopoUSA/XMap Conduit is one of the billion CSV variants mentioned above. It's just like S&A with the addition of -a completely pointless line at the beginning and end of the file. -This is the format used to hot-sync to XMap from withing TopoUSA. -Done with help of Dan Edwards. +a completely pointless line at the beginning and end of the file. This +is the format used to hot-sync to XMap from withing TopoUSA. Done with +help of Dan Edwards.
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