[Gpsbabel-code] Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] question re: <bounds>

[Paul F. <pg...@fo...>]

 > [ moved to -code ] 

sorry 'bout that.  unlike other projects i monitor, i sort both these
lists to a single mailbox, and had forgotten about that.

 > > as promised, here's a quick patch that i believe makes the bounds
 > > calculation work all the time, for all waypoints, route points,
 > > and track points.  i've only checked it on one file, but it'd be
 > 
 > I'm with you in principle - if we're going to write this optional tag,
 > we should include all the data in the file.   
 > 
 > But I took a different approach on the details.  Even though GPX is
 > the only format in the tree that uses bounding box, it's really not
 > GPX-specific.  I've seen other formats that use it, but we don't have
 > modules for those right now.  So I took your simple patch, beat it to
 > death with abstractions, and checked in the approach below which gives
 > us BB handlers that can be used in other formats.

of course you're right.  i tend to have gpx-centric blinders on these
days.  i'll try to keep the greater outside world in mind.  :-)

thanks,
paul
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 paul fox, pg...@fo... (arlington, ma, where it's 56.7 degrees)