[Rockhounds] Importing into GPS

[Al Balmer]

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:31:49 -0700, "Tim" <nospam at orerockon.com>
wrote:

>I guess I don't understand, what would POIs have to do with waypoints? They
>are totally separate entities. POIs are restaurants & such while waypoints
>are, well, waypoints. Uploading waypoints to the POI database in the unit
>doesn't make sense to me. Neat utility, though. Now, if they would only
>include CFN cardlock gas stations...sigh...

Generalizing a bit, both are a set of coordinates with defined
properties. You could call a waypoint a POI with the "waypoint"
property. There's no reason to even have a separate database for
plotting the points, unless they're saving space because a waypoint
has fewer properties than other POIs.

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Al Balmer
Sun City, AZ