Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] What's the difference between waypoint, track and route?

[Ulf L. <ulf...@we...>]

Dave Pawson wrote:
>
> Suggested amendment.
>
>      <glossentry id="xml">
>         <glossterm>Geocaching</glossterm>
>         <glossdef>
>           <para>GPS based "paper chase", see
>           <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching" /></para>
>         </glossdef>
>       </glossentry>
>
> Change the id value to geocaching?
> Then have some informal agreement that the id value will be the term 
> in lowercase, or camelCase if >1 word?
> It makes it easy to refer to glossary entries.
Right, "xml" is just a typo, left over from copy/paste.
> Also
>
>       <glossentry id="itinerary">
>         <glossterm>Itinerary</glossterm>
>         <glossdef>
>           <para>same as a Route (e.g. used by TomTom)</para>
>       <glossseealso otherterm="route">route</glossseealso>
>         </glossdef>
>       </glossentry>
> so that the terms are linked.
I had it exactly that way and removed the link again (it looks a bit 
ugly IMHO and the glossary is pretty small today). However, as the 
glossary may grow in the future, having the link may make sense.
>
>    <glossdef>
>           <para>a collection of gas stations, post boxes, shops and
>           like.</para>
>         </glossdef>
> Could I suggest 'locations' instead of gas stations, which is 
> colloquial I think.
>
Right
>
>
>>
>> The glossary might be placed in /gpsbabel/xmldoc/chapters/preface.xml 
>> right before the </preface> tag - or as a standalone "top level" 
>> item. However, it might better *not* be placed *after* "The Formats" 
>> section, where no one will find it ;-)
>
> Or it's own appendix?
>
> <appendix>
>   <title>Glossary</title>
>    <para>Terms that are used in conjunction with GPSBabel.</para>
>   <glossary>
>      <glossdiv>
> etc
>
Unsure
>
> I like the wikipedia link! I can't improve the current text.
>
I wasn't sure about "paper chase", got it from a dictionary.

I've attached an edited version.

Regards, ULFL