[tabi] Re: StarMetro bus-stop locations for GPS devices
- From: "Allison and Chip Orange" <acorange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 14:18:07 -0400
Hi Robert,
All of those answers depend on the app you are using, not the map data; for
instance, you'll have to tell me if the Sendero product, or any of the
I-phone or Android apps have a choice for importing a file of waypoints; if
they do, it's very likely to include a .gpx file as one of the choices of
file types, but I don't own any of these products, so I can't experiment
myself.
Let me know first if Sendero has any choice for importing a .gpx file, and
if so, I'll send it to you; if they don't, then maybe you could send me the
portion of the manual which talks about importing waypoint files (I am
hoping they have some choice other than the user POI which is all they had
some years ago).
The same is true for the smart phone apps; if you or someone could check
about importing files, and let me know or send me their manuals, I'll see
what can be done, but I'm guessing this is such a common feature that they
all should have it.
Thanks Robert.
Chip
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Easy Talk
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 9:39 AM
> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tabi] Re: StarMetro bus-stop locations for GPS devices
>
> Hi Chip,
>
> I have the sendero GPS and would be willing to give it a try. Also does
the
> file format you have work with Google maps or any of the other numerous
> android GPS maps. Most of them require internet or phone carrier access.
> You can download the maps for Google maps to your device and use the GPS
> receiver for tracking.
>
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allison and Chip Orange" <acorange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 10:04 PM
> Subject: [tabi] Re: StarMetro bus-stop locations for GPS devices
>
>
> > Hi sila,
> >
> > Sure; they sent me an Excel spreadsheet which I've drawn the data from,
> > and
> > I can either send anyone the spreadsheet, or, I could look into the
Excel
> > options for exporting it to a .txt file.
> >
> > If you have something specific in mind which the format would need to
> > meet,
> > that shouldn't be any problem. Otherwise, they had almost 75 columns,
> so
> > I'd pick less than 10 and export those to either a fixed column width
text
> > file, or comma separated one, depending on what you needed.
> >
> > Writing little programs to get the data exported to just the right
format
> > isn't really a difficult task usually.
> >
> > Let me know.
> >
> > Chip
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> >> Behalf Of Sila Miller
> >> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 9:53 PM
> >> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [tabi] Re: StarMetro bus-stop locations for GPS devices
> >>
> >> Hi Chip,
> >> What an excellent resource! Ok, so here comes a dumb question...I don't
> >> have
> >> a GPS, not true as I have it on my phone but the user, well, she lacks
a
> > bit
> >> but any how, is it possible to have a txt version of the info that
you've
> >> gathered? Many thanks for taking time to organize and share with us!
> >> Happy Labor Day!
> >> Sila
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Allison and Chip Orange" <acorange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 8:13 PM
> >> Subject: [tabi] Re: StarMetro bus-stop locations for GPS devices
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi again all,
> >> >
> >> > Also, if anyone needs the data as a userPOI.pdb file for the Sendero
> >> > software (because it won't import GPX), then I think I can do that;
let
> > me
> >> > know and I'll give it a try. I've had success reading this file
> >> > format,
> >> > and
> >> > I think I could write it.
> >> >
> >> > I received quite a bit of updates in a newer dataset today thanks to
> >> > Charles
> >> > Main and/or Brian Waterman at StarMetro, so I'm now able to show the
> >> > routes
> >> > which use each stop, as well as describe its location and describe if
> >> > it
> >> > has
> >> > a sidewalk, how far back from the street it is, etc.
> >> >
> >> > If anyone would like the stops just for a particular route for any
> > reason,
> >> > then I think I could do that as well.
> >> >
> >> > Chip
> >> > acorange@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On
> >> >> Behalf Of Allison and Chip Orange
> >> >> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:03 PM
> >> >> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> Subject: [tabi] StarMetro bus-stop locations for GPS devices
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi all,
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks to Brian Waterman at StarMetro, I have a .gpx file and an
Excel
> >> >> spreadsheet both listing all the bus stop locations in Tallahassee.
I
> >> >> believe the .gpx file should be able to be imported into any of the
> >> >> models
> >> >> of assistive GPS devices, as gpx was designed to be a "universal"
> > format
> >> > for
> >> >> GPS waypoint data.
> >> >>
> >> >> If anyone is interested in a copy of either file of data, just drop
me
> > a
> >> >> note at my email below and I'll be glad to send it to you.
> >> >>
> >> >> If we have any interest, I'd like to start creating a database of
> >> >> Tallahassee POI data of locations and items not usually found on the
> > GPS
> >> >> maps. I would volunteer to collect the point data from everyone,
and
> > put
> >> > it
> >> >> into a Tallahassee GPX file (or other formats if you find out that
> >> >> your
> >> >> device doesn't support GPX).
> >> >>
> >> >> Let me know if you have any ideas along these lines.
> >> >>
> >> >> Chip
> >> >> acorange@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >>
> >> >>
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