Re: [Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] SmartList To Go/ThinkDB Conversion]

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

> > All of those except description and hints are available as outputs
> > to xcsv and all those are input from geocaching.com GPX files.  So
>
> 7 of 9 isn't bad at all.  Guess I'll be spending the $ to be a premier
> member & get gsx files.  It's not much, but I wasn't sure it would be
> worth it to me.  Now I am much more convinced.  Sounds like the only

There used to be a sample GPX file you could get from geocaching.com to
experiment with.  I don't recall the location, but it could probably be
found in the forums there. (At least it could by someone more patient
than myself with that search function...)  If you just want to dip your
toes in the water slightly, a monthly subscription is something like $3.

Though from where I sit, if you're enjoying the sport, flipping the site
the cash is the Right Thing To Do and something I recommend anyway, but
that's beyond the scope of this list.

> way I'll get description & hints is if GeoCaching will include them
> in the gpx files, or in some other format.  Then I'll need 2 style
> sheets. :)

Geocaching.com *does* include them in groundspeak format.  GPSBabel just
doesn't do anything with them.

> Actually, I'm not looking for it to do the hint conversation - that
> problem has been solved over & over.  Too easy to do other ways.  Why
> reinvent the wheel?

Well, hint and description are both either HTML or plain text, depending
on the tag attributes.  This is a key factor that distinguishes them
from diff, terr, and cache type, which we do handle.  Somehow teaching
GPSBabel to decode this sort of stuff and tying input types to output
types seems wrong.

> Well, I won't send you a patch, but I might send you a style sheet &
> post my modified DB as well.

Style sheets with accompanying doc are always welcome contributions.

RJL