Author Topic: Waypoint Management (Read 4623 times)

smileyninja · « **on:** December 18, 2006, 08:59:04 AM »

I was playing around with connecting jpeg images to waypoints and realized a problem/limitation. Importing GPS waypoints results in either duplicate waypoints, or wayoints without comments.

I think that there are two options right now to deal with this:

1. I could upload daily all my waypoints (old and new from GPS), but lose those comments and pictures associated with them and have to re-enter them again. Saving into a new GPX file each time to avoid duplicate waypoints. This would result in a bunch of GPX files with only the most recent having comments and jpegs associated with them.

2. Delete all waypoints from the GPS after each upload. Save to the same GPX file. This would lose a backup source (in GPS) as well as make it harder to locate a waypoint again in the future- since it's gone from the GPS, I would have to know in advance if I wanted to return to that spot.

The best option would be to not import any waypoints that are currently in the GPX file. That way, only new waypoints are added, the user would only have to edit a few waypoints after an upload.

Also, once a picture is associated with a waypoint, the waypoint icon turns into a camera, but then I have no information about the waypoint. How about keeping the camera icon, but allowing the option of having the waypoint name display as well?

Krein · « **Reply #1 on:** December 18, 2006, 02:47:54 PM »

I think I understand what you're saying. So if you download a waypoint into TF, add a comment and upload it back, you lose that comment? Does it just get shortened? What GPS do you have?

You'd definitely lose the URL field (where the picture paths are stored), so I guess the loss of comments is moot point.

OK, so if you download waypoints into an existing file (which you can do now) it should only add any that don't already exist. I can't think of any reason you'd want the duplicates, so this makes perfect sense. If you just want to dump all your waypoints from the GPS, you can do a new file.

I'll add this to the 'todo' list. Shouldn't be hard.

As to no names with the waypoints, how about if the names show up when the photo display is toggled off? Would that be good enough or do we really need an option to display names when photos are already displayed?

Thanks for all the feedback.

Krein · « **Reply #2 on:** December 18, 2006, 09:04:38 PM »

Give 2.985 (out today) a try. It will ignore duplicates on download into an existing file.

This really should have been done for consistency. Most units don't like duplicate named waypoints anyway.

Thanks.

smileyninja · « **Reply #3 on:** December 20, 2006, 10:32:53 AM »

The new version seems to work fine, I'm able to maintain my existing waypoint data/comments on the laptop, and update with new waypoints. Thanks.

How about a Goto...waypoint section in the menubar? It could open an interface where a loaded waypoint file is selected and then 2 textboxs where I could type "978" and it would take me to the waypoint named 978, or the other textbox would take me to the comment. "6129 Palm Ave" would take me to the waypoint associated with that comment.

Would it be possible to implement one of the free online geocoding services so you would also have a Goto...Address option? Type in street, city, state and/or zip and it returns the lat/long and sends you there? THis guy seems to have several sites Address Covert to Lat/Long Terraserver, Yahoo, geocoder.us seems to be the main ones. Another site is Address Map Coordinates.

smileyninja · « **Reply #4 on:** December 20, 2006, 06:13:37 PM »

Quote (Krein @ Dec. 18 2006,4:47)

As to no names with the waypoints, how about if the names show up when the photo display is toggled off? Would that be good enough or do we really need an option to display names when photos are already displayed?

Forgot to say that I think this would be an excellent improvement. As you can see, I really love waypoints.