Rest Areas Combined
Updated POI csv file for the combined rest areas for the lower 48 states
The following people are responsible for the original legwork on this file:
adcsusn-AL, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY,
LA, ME, MD, MA, MN, MS, MO, NE, NV, NH, NM,
NM, NY, ND, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WA,
WI, WY, AR, CT, DE, NJ, RI
johnycrash-MI
ndynamics-AZ
RetiredTechnician-IA
Robert660-TX
auggie-VA, WV, NC, OH, PA
In May of 2007 Retiredtechnician combined all these states into one file and in October of 2007 Mrkenfl updated the file to a coded text system which will fit on your screen and changed the coordinates to insure timely proximity alert activation.
RestAreasCombined.csv Tutorial
This tutorial outlines some of the nomenclatures used in the new (and hopefully) much improved combined list of rest areas in the lower 48 states. There are over 1750 separate sets of coordinates. GPSr memory requirements have been reduced by about 40 % by truncating
text info.
The .csv list has been sorted by longitude to make it easier to find a particular set of coordinates.
The coordinates shown, except for about 30-40 of them, are new. In the great majority they are the coordinates for the entrance to the "location" off ramp.
#1 "Locations" are Rest Areas, Welcome Centers, Service Plazas or Turnouts" Every attempt was made to get the off ramp entrances for both directions of travel on a highway.
#2 The message shown on the GPSr will typically be "REST AREA WB I-80 MMXX" with the expanded information typically "RR, PT, VM, Pets, HF" where : RR=Rest Rooms, PT=Picnic Tables, VM=Vending Machines, Pets=Pet Walking Area, HF=Handicapped Facilities, RV Dump=self explanatory, Food=a restaurant of some sort, Gas= available, MM=Mile Marker
#3 If the location has RR it has,in all cases, phones available
#4 If the location is located in the center or median strip of the highway this will be shown as "REST AREA-LEFT EXIT WB I-XX etc." to allow time to get in proper lane.
#5 In many cases, the location will not be directly off the highway. This will be show as"WELCOME CENTER-FOLLOW SIGNS WB I-XX etc.
One recommendation: When you set the proximity alert for this file - do yourself a favor - set the alert for 1-2 miles to give yourself ample time to get into the correct lane with ease & safety.
Constructive corrections can be sent to my e-mail address.
Credit for this update and the original file I worked off goes to Retired Technician (RT) and also for his POI Verifier software which caught my input errors. Thanks RT
MrKenFL
Update on 4/24 increases listings to 1859 with many additions/corrections to 15 states , many submitted by users. A special thanks to my "Eye-in-the-Sky", who soars like an Eagle but is Earthbound.
This update was run thru POI Verifier.
MrKenFL
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