Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] time with waypoints?

[Adam S. <ada...@un...>]

Exactly.  Hence my bitterness toward Garmin: if I want to do anything involving time (like calculate speed, which is a great way to eliminate "bad" points), I have to make sure I preserve the ENTIRE Active Log without "saving" it.  I understand they're trying to save memory space, but destroying data should be optional!

Adam



On 01/24/06, Beverly Howard wrote:
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>Found the tread (on the GPSU forum) ...the following information from, and thanks to, Nick Kempley
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>Beverly Howard
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>Note that if you want to retain the time stamp on a Garmin unit you have to download the active log(s). If you save a track on the unit the times are lost.
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>That's not all.  "Saving" the active tracklog gets rid of a high percentage of the trackpoints, as much as 95% depending on how many (or few) turns there are in the route.
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>Also, when you save the Active Tracklog you now have both the saved as well as the active logs on your unit.  When you download you'll get the whole shmeer in one file unless you clear the active log from the gps prior to downlaoding.
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>Finally, you must save the active log in order to use the trackback feature.
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