[ gpsdrive ] No developer question, but a question about an older version of gpsdrive

[Hamish]

Guenther Meyer wrote:
> do you think, you can also generate a route in gpx format with the text to 
> speak in the cmt field?
> If you need help, I can send you an example of what I mean.
>
> because in the future I like to get rid of the way.txt stuff in favour of the
> gpx format, which is a well known standard for such data.


FWIW I much prefer simple x,y,z,icon_int,label flat text format for ease of
use.
Right now I can generate needed way points with a couple of simple unix tools
without having to resort to gpsbabel or even awk to do the magic. Simple tab
separated text files are bloat free, simple to scan though by eye with less,
trivial create with fprintf(), and AFAICS XML adds little benefit to the
required information. What it does allow is the flexibility to
add/remove/rearrange columns ad hoc. Personally I am more concerned with
x,y,z,icon_int,label and simplicity than with extended POI attributes.

So my question is: what are the extended waypoint attributes planned or in use
that justify the added complexity? Or is this being looked at from the point of
view of simplicity for the user being able use a common format, not simplicity
for the code?

I am not against having support for gpx, I just would like to understand..
Why not allow both formats?


Hamish


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