Wayuk11
Description
Waypoint and Road Track UK Databases for HPx00LX Palmtops and the GARMIN GPS45 v1.1 20 June 1996 General The enclosed files contain Hewlett Packard HPx00LX databases of waypoints and segmented road track logs for the UK. The databases have been set up to allow their partial upload to a Garmin GPS45 with the excellent G7TO program by Ron Henderson (crh@cv.hp.com), thus allowing you to get a relatively detailed moving map display on your GPS without exceeding its memory capacity.
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Technical details
- File
wayuk11.zip- Size
- 98.7 KB
- Format
- .zip
- Year
- 1996
- Files inside
- 8
- Path
anonftp/pub/wayuk11.zip
How to install it
What to send to the palmtop saves 6.0 KB
These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.
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TRAK.ICN→ A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 200 B -
UPLOAD.BAT→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 178 B -
WAY.ICN→ A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 200 B -
GPS.ICN→ A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 200 B -
GPS.BAT→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 341 B -
WAY.GDB→ A:\DATOS fichero de datos 145.4 KB -
TRAK.GDB→ A:\DATOS fichero de datos 181.2 KB
No need to put
README.TXT:
they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 6.0 KB on a 1 MB disk.
Steps
- Copy UPLOAD.BAT, GPS.BAT to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
- The .ICN files are icons: they go in the same folder as their application.
- Data files are opened from their own application, not installed separately.
Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.
The author's instructions
Installation Put way.gdb, trak.gdb, way.icn, and trak.icn together in the same directory (eg \_dat). How to use the databases The procedure is to select a range of roads and locations from the databases, export them to one of more files suitable for upload to your GPS45, and then to upload them. Open one of the database files (say, way.gdb) in the HP's Database application. Select the records you're interested in. Some subsets have been predefined. For example, edit the "Corridor" subset to find all those points within a user defined rectangular shaped area. Use existing waypoints to help you define the limits. If the area is too big, you'll end up with more points than it's possible to upload into your GPS at once. Too small, and you'll miss detail that's useful. Once you've defined a general SSL statement that works you can use the same statement (with Copy/Paste) in both databases to create two files, one for waypoints and the other for roads within the selected area. You can use a predefined 'Smart Clip' definition to export the data in a format G7TO can directly accept. In the database 'Print' dialogue, select 'Custom' in the Style box, and select 'G7TO format' in the drop down list in the same box. Then 'Print to' 'File'. The resulting file can be uploaded to the GPS45 with a G7TO command like g7to -o G45 -i filename If you want, you can use batch files to manage the launching of G7TO. GPS.BAT, GPS.ICN and UPLOAD.BAT have been supplied as examples. To use them, create \GPS and \GPS\DATA directories. Put the above named files in \GPS. You'll also need DOS 5's CHOICE command accessible in the DOS path (or just put it in \GPS as well). In the HP's System Manager, add a new entry with the following parameters: Name: GPS Upload Path: c:\gps\gps.bat|320 …
Literal excerpt from README.TXT, exactly as it came in the package.
Package contents
Send to my palmtop
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