[ gpsdrive ] .gpx conversion

[Guenther Meyer]

Am Mittwoch 01 Oktober 2008 schrieb Angela Kahealani:
> On Wed, 2008-10-01 03:31:49 Guenther Meyer wrote:
> > some programs seem to export routes as gpx tracks, which is not gpx
> > standard.
>
> So, it would be a really good thing to file bug reports on those,
right.
> and in the mean time, following the axiom that it's easier and
> usually quicker to change one's self (or software) than to try to
> get others to "see the light" that they should change theirself
> (or software),
definitely no!
gpx is an open standard, that is well documented. if someone uses it in a 
wrong way, they have to be made aware of that, but it's not our task to take 
care of adapting to it (I've seen this too many times in web development...).
the time spent with such useless work is better used for something productive.

> it might be handy to have a utility to convert 
> tracks to routes.
I guess there are utilities out there to do that.

> As is always the case in the world of software, 
> unless we cooperate (as in FLOSS), then we *all* must make
> conversion utilities between the different incompatibilities :-(
>
open standards are there to avoid such incompatibilities. therefore their 
documentation is freely available. If someone decides to support such a 
standard, he should implement it like it is described in its documentation.



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