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

Robert Lipe wrote:
> If you can take a shot with the docbook, we can help with the words.
>   
So here we go, a docbook/XML snippet of a (small) Glossary is attached.

I've merged the responses from yesterday into a <glossary> and also 
added the terms: Geocaching, Itinerary and Points of Interest.

I've tested it by adding the snippet to a different docbook, it compiles 
and looks ok there. I didn't tried to build the GPSBabel docs, as the 
other build environment is already running :-)


The glossary might be placed in /gpsbabel/xmldoc/chapters/preface.xml 
right before the </preface> tag - or as a standalone "top level" item. 
However, it might better *not* be placed *after* "The Formats" section, 
where no one will find it ;-)


I'm unsure about the "Geocaching" text, in german you would say 
"Schnitzeljagd".

However, feel free to improve the glossary text(s) ;-)

Regards, ULFL

P.S: I no longer have a running CVS client installation so no easy way 
to build a patch. I'm using Subversion for quite a while now and I can 
really recommend Subversion over CVS, as it has some serious advantages :-)
  <glossary>
    <title>Glossary</title>
    <para>Terms that are used in conjunction with GPSBabel.</para>
    <glossdiv>
      <title>G</title>
      <glossentry id="xml">
        <glossterm>Geocaching</glossterm>
        <glossdef>
          <para>GPS based "paper chase", see 
          <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching"; /></para>
        </glossdef>
      </glossentry>
    </glossdiv>
    <glossdiv>
      <title>I</title>
      <glossentry id="itinerary">
        <glossterm>Itinerary</glossterm>
        <glossdef>
          <para>same as a Route (e.g. used by TomTom)</para>
        </glossdef>
      </glossentry>
    </glossdiv>
    <glossdiv>
      <title>P</title>
      <glossentry id="poi">
        <glossterm>Points of Interest (POI)</glossterm>
        <glossdef>
          <para>a collection of gas stations, post boxes, shops and
          like.</para>
        </glossdef>
      </glossentry>
    </glossdiv>
    <glossdiv>
      <title>R</title>
      <glossentry id="route">
        <glossterm>Route</glossterm>
        <glossdef>
          <para>a list of geopoints (often with names) connected in
          a specific order. Usually a collection of geopoints
          defining the route you want to pass while traveling,
          created by PC software, or generated inside a GPS device.
          They can be composed of existing waypoints, or new
          "routepoints" might be generated.</para>
        </glossdef>
      </glossentry>
    </glossdiv>
    <glossdiv>
      <title>T</title>
      <glossentry id="track">
        <glossterm>Track</glossterm>
        <glossdef>
          <para>a collection of geopoints recorded by your GPS
          device while traveling -- "breadcrumb trails". The order
          of trackpoints within the track is important. Usually a
          trackpoint doesn't have a name or comment, but a
          timestamp. This distinguishes a trackpoint from a
          waypoint.</para>
        </glossdef>
      </glossentry>
    </glossdiv>
    <glossdiv>
      <title>W</title>
      <glossentry id="track">
        <glossterm>Waypoints</glossterm>
        <glossdef>
          <para>are geopoints that are not necessarily connected to
          other points, and their order is unimportant. They can be
          entered before, while or after you actually visit the
          place and might have tags like name, comment and the
          like. Usually used to mark special locations as your
          home, a hotel or a geocache.</para>
        </glossdef>
      </glossentry>
    </glossdiv>
  </glossary>
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