Re: What's the difference between waypoint, track and route?

Hi,

those terms are commonly used in the GPS world, so explaining them in 
the gpsbabel docs wasn't the right place:

> a) waypoint

A geopoint with some special tags like name, comment and the like. 
Usually used to mark special locations as your home, a hotel or a 
geocache. Huge collections of gas stations, post boxes, shops and the 
like are called "points of interest" (aka POIs).

> b) track

A collection of geopoints recorded by your GPS device while traveling. A 
trackpoint doesn't have a name or comment, but it usually has a 
timestamp. This distibguishes a trackpoint from a waypoint.

> c) route

A collection of waypoints defining the route you want to pass while 
traveling. 

This explanation surely is not exhaustive, but should give you a good 
idea what this weird stuff is all about :) .

Cheers,

ce


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