[OSM-dev] OSM Notes API, Issue Tracking

[Tom Hughes]

In message <20080424132109.svhal6e1ewo08k4o at webmail.systemed.net>
        Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net> wrote:

> Andy Robinson \(blackadder\) wrote:
>
>> The format of Waypoints downloaded to GPX using gpsbabel from my Garmin
>> Legend (old B&W version) is:
>> [...]
>> ie there are no timestamps on the waypoints.
>
> Interesting - my HCx puts them in both the cmt and desc fields:
>
> <wpt lat="53.855666192" lon="-2.182963081">
>    <ele>147.446777</ele>
>    <name>Rowe Mpost</name>
>    <cmt>15-APR-08 12:16:31PM</cmt>
>    <desc>15-APR-08 12:16:31PM</desc>
>    <sym>Crossing</sym>
> </wpt>

But not in the time field... So there is no machine parseable
version, just a textual versions in the comment and description
fields.

What exactly were they smoking when they made that decision?

Tom

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