[mkgmap-dev] Commit: r1140: Added support for extended types.

Thu Aug 20 08:43:55 BST 2009

Quoting Thilo Hannemann <thannema at gmx.de>:

>
> Am 19.08.2009 um 22:01 schrieb charlie at cferrero.net:
>> I've created a partial list for the GPSMap76Csx though my aim was
>> slightly different (I wanted to understand what symbols the hex codes
>> translated into).  Is there any way we can fork this page into
>> separate pages per unit otherwise it will get very unwieldly as more
>> GPSr are added?
>
> Yes. The advantage of the current format is that one can easily
> compare the different units. I'd hate to loose that ability. But I
> must admit that editing that page isn't nice. What I do is to
> copy&paste everything into a text editor, edit there and copy the
> result back.
>
> It might help to divide that page into ID ranges, so that there isn't
> that much text to edit at once. Also the text could be a little
> smaller and still be readable. So if you have a good idea just do it.

Well the obvious solution (to me) would be to create a spreadsheet for  
the data.  The drawback is that you wouldn't be able to view it  
directly on the openstreetmap website, but that's not really a killer.

Charlie