GPX max # of charcters per field

 

For the GPX experts out there, I created a file with copious amount of information in EPE and have problems with both my GPSr

If I place the text in the Comment field my 2460 clips after a large number of characters is displayed, my 260 doesn’t show the [More] button.

But if I place the text in the Description field the 2460 still clips the text (doesn’t show all) the 260 shows the [More] button and displays all the text but disregards formatting like line feeds.

I did a search here at the Factory but can’t find anything regarding maximum number of characters on those two fields.

Can someone please chime in with the information I need?

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Garmin 38 - Magellan Gold - Garmin Yellow eTrex - Nuvi 260 - Nuvi 2460LMT - Google Nexus 7 - Toyota Entune NAV

email

flaco wrote:

For the GPX experts out there, I created a file with copious amount of information in EPE and have problems with both my GPSr

If I place the text in the Comment field my 2460 clips after a large number of characters is displayed, my 260 doesn’t show the [More] button.

But if I place the text in the Description field the 2460 still clips the text (doesn’t show all) the 260 shows the [More] button and displays all the text but disregards formatting like line feeds.

I did a search here at the Factory but can’t find anything regarding maximum number of characters on those two fields.

Can someone please chime in with the information I need?

No, that's not a request for you to send me one. For some reason the email field doesn't truncate and will hold large amounts of text.

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With my nuvi 500...

I have found that just under 1024 characters in each field (comment and description) works. It just truncates after that. This was with EPE v4.70. Your mileage may vary. Line feeds can be accomplished with either the HTML <br> tag or the pipe (|) symbol.

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I have to try the e-mail field and see what results I get.

What I find odd is how the two units handle the problem, after much compressing of the information I got both to display correctly by using the Comment field.

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Garmin 38 - Magellan Gold - Garmin Yellow eTrex - Nuvi 260 - Nuvi 2460LMT - Google Nexus 7 - Toyota Entune NAV