Downloading waypoint

vald70 over 4 years ago

I was thinking on how to get some waypoint in my app.

was thinking of different approach :

* be able to add them from the setting on garmin connect.

* be able to download them from a file, in this case what would be the best file format ?

* GPX ?

* CSV ?

* json ?

what did you think would be the best ?

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dpawlyk over 4 years ago +1

JSON (if you are producing the location info). You can't use GPX*. CSV is more work than JSON.

You can add the location to the device's location list in IQ. But (as jim_m_58) says you can't do anything…
dpawlyk over 4 years ago in reply to vald70 +1

???

Get from where?

Your only options are from a website or from settings.

(If it's from a website, it really should be JSON.)

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jim_m_58 over 4 years ago

While you can download waypoints by way of GC, you can't use them in a CIQ app. So, you need to have your own way of setting them using something that that can be accessed by CIQ.

dpawlyk over 4 years ago

JSON (if you are producing the location info). You can't use GPX*. CSV is more work than JSON.

You can add the location to the device's location list in IQ. But (as jim_m_58) says you can't do anything with the items in that list (except get the names) in your IQ app/widget.

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You could read the GPX as text and have your IQ app parse it but that's going to an awful amount of work).

vald70 over 4 years ago in reply to dpawlyk

I known that, I only need to get a small list of coord (lat/lon) for display/use in my app

dpawlyk over 4 years ago in reply to vald70

???

Get from where?

Your only options are from a website or from settings.

(If it's from a website, it really should be JSON.)

vald70 over 4 years ago in reply to dpawlyk

as you said was wandering if it was better to get them from settigns or from a website (and in this case which format).

from what you said, seems that json is the best choice. maybe I will do both setting and website.