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

Great idea. I can imagine even Robert needed the 'idiots guide' once!
I know I did.



Ulf Lamping wrote:
> 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.

Suggested amendment.

      <glossentry id="xml">
         <glossterm>Geocaching</glossterm>
         <glossdef>
           <para>GPS based "paper chase", see
           <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching"; /></para>
         </glossdef>
       </glossentry>

Change the id value to geocaching?
Then have some informal agreement that the id value will be the term in 
lowercase, or camelCase if >1 word?
It makes it easy to refer to glossary entries.


Also

       <glossentry id="itinerary">
         <glossterm>Itinerary</glossterm>
         <glossdef>
           <para>same as a Route (e.g. used by TomTom)</para>
          <glossseealso otherterm="route">route</glossseealso>
         </glossdef>
       </glossentry>
so that the terms are linked.

    <glossdef>
           <para>a collection of gas stations, post boxes, shops and
           like.</para>
         </glossdef>
Could I suggest 'locations' instead of gas stations, which is colloquial 
I think.



> 
> 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 ;-)

Or it's own appendix?

<appendix>
   <title>Glossary</title>
    <para>Terms that are used in conjunction with GPSBabel.</para>
   <glossary>
      <glossdiv>
etc


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

I like the wikipedia link! I can't improve the current text.




regards

-- 
Dave Pawson
XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
http://www.dpawson.co.uk

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