Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] GPSBabel questions, Garmin 12XL and GPSMap76

[Robert L. <rob...@us...>]

> > I have the Garmin Rino 120.  It does strip the date/time information
> > when the track log is saved.
>
> So does the III plus, and I assume so does the legend.  Saving track

Interesting.  The 60CS doesn't appear to do so; it seems to retain the
timestamps.

<trk>
  <name>ACTIVE LOG #106</name>
<number>105</number>
<trkseg>
<trkpt lat="35.824990" lon="-86.847102">
<ele>252.483398</ele>
<time>2004-11-30T14:14:24Z</time>
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="35.824990" lon="-86.847102">
<ele>270.267700</ele>
<time>2004-11-30T14:14:25Z</time>
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="35.824990" lon="-86.847102">
<ele>270.267700</ele>
<time>2004-11-30T14:14:26Z</time>
</trkpt>
</trkseg>
</trk>

So it looks like the answer to the original question is that most
Garmins do indeed "lose" the timing information on all but the current
track.  I'll confess I haven't used the track logs from a Garmin much,
but to listen to the Garmin users rant about how great track support
it's suprising to see that all but the newest units throw away both
trackpoints and timestamps so readily.

The Magellans don't support multiple route segments. Mapsend kind of
synthesizes them by looking for breaks of 4 hours between track points
and deducing that means a new track.  But the unit doesn't throw data
away, either.

This kind of takes the wind out of my idea of a voodoo geocaching logger
that fondled your track log, looked for open treasure chests near that
track, then opened the appropriate "log this cache" page...

RJL