[Cdt-l] Jerry Waypooints, POI's and Jonathon Maps

[bcss at bresnan.net]

Actually, I think the issue Scott raised was that the POI's he translated
via Babel did not show the ID (Mileages) of the waypoints.  This must be an
issue with the parameters invoked in Babel.  The Mileage is clearly used as
the identifier on the Garmin I installed the POI's on.    

 

A better method of converting for other GPS makes would be to download the
individual state GPX files instead of POI's and run Babel on them.  This
always seems to work.  

 

best wishes,

 

Jerry Brown

 <mailto:bcss at bresnan.net> mailto:bcss at bresnan.net

www.bearcreeksurvey.com

 

From: cdt-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:cdt-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Dry Camp
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 9:54 AM
To: Frank Gilliland
Cc: cdt-l
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Jerry Waypooints, POI's and Jonathon Maps

 

I totally agree with Frank and really disagree with Scott. Of course, two of
us are actually hiking. Lot of self appointed critics out there.

So far I have found the mileage markers to be very useful. I for one really
appreciate the idea of having a reference point within a mile of where I am
at all times.I've never tried this poi thing before but will definitely
check it out.   

On Tuesday, March 6, 2012, Frank Gilliland <frankgilliland at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Jerry for posting the POI file.  From a hiker and small gps user
(Etrex20) view point, I find it very useful to have all of the CDTA
Waypoints Points shown as POI points (including the ones marked mileage)  I
would keep ALL of the POI points active because the file size is very small
anyway !  
>
> With over 7,000 points, it is very cool to have ALL of the points not
taking up the waypoint max limit.  It is like an electronic bread crumb
trail.
> But, as I always say; Hike Your Own Hike(HYOH), Cary Your Own Gear(CYOG),
Pick Your Own Route (PYOR) and now:  Choose Your Own Data (CYOD)
>
> ****************************************************
> Second Thank you to Jonathon Ley!  Got my maps yesterday, all updated and
ready for viewing and printing fun.  Thank You, Thank You, Thank You !
> I will be checking the Compass Rose Lat/Long of this year's maps to the
file from the prior year (and will post if any changes).  I have the old
Compass Rose file along with the "OOO" track file and other track and
waypoint files files at:
> https://sites.google.com/site/frankgilliland/
> Good Hiking (and Stay Found)
> StarMan
>
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>
> Using gpsbabel you can convert this to a .csv file (or whatever):
>
> gpsbabel -i garmin_gpi -f CDT.gpi -o csv -F cdtpoi.csv
>
> Many of the POI's just say 'Mileage' with no mileage, which is useful 
> for a waypoint, but not a POI.
>
> Removing those, you have 3,329 POI's out of the 7,111 POI's, which is 
> still considerable. Most of the 'stream' and 'creek' POI's don't have 
> names, but still you can't complain.
>
> -postholer
>
>  >>>> Jerry states:
> I have just put a POI file for the entire trail on the bearcreek website
> which you can download free of charge.  Follow the Waypoints link to get 
> the file.  It contains the entire CDT waypoint list (over 7,000 points) 
> Thereis a pdf file zipped up with the POI file.  Read that and it will 
> explain how to put the file in your Garmin. 

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