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Subject:Uploading waypoints file to the web site 

wojsyl

16:43
Thursday
28-Feb-2008

Is it possible to upload a waypoints file to the TMJ web side from my PC instead of from the mobile ? Then I could get them to my mobile as needed by synchronising in the field.
 

Stephen

11:42
Friday
29-Feb-2008

Location:
Surrey, UK

Phone Model:
BB 9800 Torch
BlackBerry 8900
SE W910i
Nokia 5800

I should be able to add a basic Waypoint import function. What file format do you currently have the Waypoints stored in?
 

wojsyl

13:31
Friday
29-Feb-2008

Ideally it would be the .loc file, then I would not have to convert each time :-)

This is an xml format but I was not able to find a formal dtd.

However it's very simple, self-explanatory, and described e.g. here: http://www.cachemaps.com/Loc-syntax.htm

Do you think you'd do it ?
 

wojsyl

15:24
Friday
29-Feb-2008

P.S. I don't know if you have gpsbabel installed on your server but if you do, it recognizes the loc files as "geo".

Cheers.
 

Stephen

16:29
Friday
29-Feb-2008

Location:
Surrey, UK

Phone Model:
BB 9800 Torch
BlackBerry 8900
SE W910i
Nokia 5800

I don't use GPSbabel but it should be fairly simple to add support for the LOC format. I'll try and do something in the next day or two...
 

Stephen

12:04
Sunday
2-Mar-2008

Location:
Surrey, UK

Phone Model:
BB 9800 Torch
BlackBerry 8900
SE W910i
Nokia 5800

Hi wojsyl,

Okay, I've added a basic LOC file import function, its in the UPLOAD section on the left. It seems to work fine with the two example files you sent me. Let me know if it does anything weird with other files...

Hope it helps!

Cheers,
Stephen
 

wojsyl

13:25
Sunday
2-Mar-2008

Hi Stephen,
This is really so cool. How do I ever pay you back ?
I particularly like the option to select the field to take the wpt name from.
I'm still testing and messing around a bit. It seems some massive waypoints delete
option would be needed now. Like "Delete all waypoints in group N".

Cheers,

--w
 

wojsyl

13:45
Sunday
2-Mar-2008

P.S. And how about a "remove duplicate waypoints" option ?
 

Stephen

21:26
Sunday
2-Mar-2008

Location:
Surrey, UK

Phone Model:
BB 9800 Torch
BlackBerry 8900
SE W910i
Nokia 5800

Good idea, I'll look into this...
 

wojsyl

8:14
Saturday
8-Mar-2008

Mass deletion would really be needed now. I thought I would be able to do this at the mobile end and then synchronize, but this does not work. Cheers.
 

Stephen

15:59
Saturday
8-Mar-2008

Location:
Surrey, UK

Phone Model:
BB 9800 Torch
BlackBerry 8900
SE W910i
Nokia 5800

Ok, I've made a few improvements to the Waypoints page - fixed a couple of bugs and added the Delete Group/Delete All functionality.

Hope it helps!

Regards,
Stephen
 
 

wojsyl

21:21
Saturday
8-Mar-2008

Class !!! Thanks as always.
 

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