[GeoStL] Re: Files
- From: Bernie <happykraut@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:03:30 -0500
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Thanks Merkin, good explanation. Bernie
merkin wrote:
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The files are different.
LOC files contain the cache name, the coordinates, the waypoint (GCxxxx) and an HTML link to the cache page itself.
GPX files contain much more information - for instance, I download a GPX file for my Palm Pilot and I get the cache name, a description, the difficulty, the coordinates (of course), whether or not any travel bugs are present, the instructions, and past logs. Very helpful, but a more robust translation utility is required. Also, the .gpx files are much larger given the same number of caches.
Some programs can use either one, some will only use the .loc files.
Does that help?
merkin4
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Bernie <happykraut@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:06:33 -0500
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What is the difference between a .loc and a .gpx file? Are they used
interchangeably? Bernie
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