Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] turning smart icons on?

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

> That won't get you "smart names" becuase the GPX file format pretty much
> weenies out on icon definitions.
> 
>    So  what I don't understand is how GPX Spinner does it. If I give it a

Technically, GPX itself lets you create an icon of type "booger" if
you want and leaves it up to the application to map that to something
useful.  Presumably Spinner, like GPSBabel, has to know where the GPX is
ultimately going to name the things sensibly.  If you just convert GPX
to GPX, you won't get Mapsend-specific icons.  

I probably didn't describe that very clearly the first time around.

>    With  mpsverout=4  and version 1.2.1. it worked, though I only see the
>    "photo" icon for virtuals. 

We have the unfortunate mpsverout default of "3" which doesn't provide
geocaching icons.  I've asked a couple of times to see what percentage
of the Mapsource population still uses v3 and if it's a sensible
default, but have not gotten a single reply.

>    Micro, puzzles and multis are not affected.

This is probably a result of the bug I described the other day.   Did you
try the patch I sent around?

>    With  the  latest  beta I compiled (Version 1.2.2_beta02222004), I get
>    these errors:
>    ***  malloc[18737]: Deallocation of a pointer not malloced: 0x11c41c0;

I'd welcome a test case for that.

>    But  it's  the only thing left I need before I can completely automate
>    getting  an  email  with my pocket query to getting it suitable for my
>    GPSr! :-)

FWIW, procmail sees my PQ's arrive, hands them off to GPSBabel and a
few related programs, and a few moments later - completely without my
involvement - I have a plucker file ready to hotsync and a waypoint file
- with icons, diff, and terr in the comments - ready to shoot into the
receiver whenver I plug it in and turn it on.

I can (and do) declar a spontaneous geocaching run and have my
technology ready to go in under 30 seconds.

RJL