[Az-Geocaching] Another Download Format - XML

Jason Poulter listserv@azgeocaching.com
Sat, 20 Apr 2002 22:24:37 -0700


ya what he said...

jason



Tim Giron wrote:
> The .gpx format for Easy and ExpertGPS is an XML format document.
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>> Jason & Brian:
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>> I have a suggestion for another download format - XML.
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>> I've been using XML and XSL a lot lately in my work and I was thinking 
>> about how I might apply it to geocaching.
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>> If I could get a file of all my caches in XML format, then I could 
>> transform them into almost anything with XSL.  For example, if I 
>> wanted my own web page, transform it into HTML.  If I wanted to load 
>> into another program, I'd just need and XSL file for that format.  If 
>> I wanted to print a book of all our family adventures, I could 
>> transform into a PDF file that could include pictures.
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>> There are lots of possibilities.  What do you think?
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>> Jerry
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>> Cache-Quest
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