GPS coordinates

[tim]

Lots of people have requestd GPS coordinates of places and routes. I've decided to give it a go.
Ok, I admit it, I'm a bit ignorant of GPS (although I have been googling to read up about it all), I've always used paper maps, so .... I need some help.

Firstly, what sort of information do you want?
What do you need, what would be helpful.

What software do you use to plan trips?

Please take a second to fill out the poll or reply to this post if you want something else.
It'll help a lot. Thanks.

Tim.

[mpuputti]

Typically I'd store only coordinates of the actual pass (i.e. one point), and use my roating GPS to tell me the road from where ever I happen to be.

But in some cases, coordinates (and possibly directions) of the most important crossings would be usefull, too. Particularly I remember one case this summer, when heading from Aosta to Grand Saint Bernard pass. fortunatelly I was told about the crossing, otherwise I'd missed it and ended into the tunnel (just like I did a week earlier, when coming from north).

Complete route would be helpfull, but different vendors have different formats (i.e. you'd have to have them in Magellan, Garmin, etc. formats). Trackdata sure would be nice, if it contains the altitude information. But the same "incopatible formats" -issue is there, too.

So, after this long explanation, my vote would be for both the first and the second (but due to limitations of the voting sw, it was counted on the second one only).

[tim]

That's exactly the sort of thing I need to know.

[size=75]Sorry about the voting options, this board is limited at teh moment. I'll see if I can't find an extension to allow multiple choices.[/size]

[Greg]

I downloaded a list of all the passes in Switzerland that I found quite useful. It is a MapSource file & I am happy to share it. I can see where other "key" points, like the entrance to a particularly good route, would also be important.

[tim]

Greg,

would you mind sending me a copy of that file? email me via the email link below.

[Greg]

[quote="tim"]Greg,

would you mind sending me a copy of that file? email me via the email link below.

[tim]

Greg,
got it. Thanks ever so much. That's going to be really helpful.
Displaying all the waypoints on one map really shows up the shape of the Alps. Have you ridden all of them?
You have a couple that I haven't done yet.

Thanks to Martin Ebdon as well.

[Greg]

[quote="tim"]Greg,
got it. Thanks ever so much. That's going to be really helpful.
Displaying all the waypoints on one map really shows up the shape of the Alps. Have you ridden all of them?
You have a couple that I haven't done yet.

Thanks to Martin Ebdon as well.

[Greg]

another good link

[url]http://www.uem-online.com/em/[/url]

[Martin]

Tim, waypoints around the middle of the Coll?s would be most useful, but in some instances where the good bits start and finish would help with route planning. You would probably have to break it up into areas such as Italy, Switzerland, Austria etc. Also, waypoints for good hotels would useful as well (sometimes they take some finding) Garmin waypoints can store a web link plus a short line of text, could be most useful.

[Global Rider]

[quote="tim"]
Firstly, what sort of information do you want?
What do you need, what would be helpful.

Tim.

[Global Rider]

[quote="Greg"]another good link

[url]http://www.uem-online.com/em/[/url]

[tim]

Hi Global Rider, nice to see you over here.

I've got a bit of a list of dealers for various marques online here:
[url]http://www.alpineroads.com/dealers.php[/url]

also on WAP:
[url]http://www.alpineroads.com/wap/main.php[/url]

I could easily include GPS coordiantes for them - if I knew what they were. It's hard enough just getting the addresses together - as you know - let alone actually finding out where they really are, and keeping it all up to date. When yo uget your excel sheet finished, would it be possible to use the data here? Or maybe we could link to it on your site?

[Global Rider]

[quote="tim"]Hi Global Rider, nice to see you over here.

[tim]

[quote]Don't take that the wrong way