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Database Converstion - Dark Skies....

 
Sat, 01/13/2007 - 10:03am

Hi -

I wonder how it might be easiest to make this into a Garmin-capable CSV dataset? Will Garmins ignore extra 'staff' in databases such as here:

http://www.unihedron.com/projects/darksky/database/index.php...

Thanks!

Paul

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Paul, in Flagstaff AZ; Garmin Nuvi 255W, Kenwood (Garmin) 512, Garmin c550/traffic, c330, i3, V, III-Pilot, III+, many military models various mfgrs
Sat, 01/13/2007 - 10:21am

Should not be too difficult

Should not be too difficult - once you paste it into Excel and move the columns into the order that the Garmin-csv files needs, the POI Loader should dump it into your unit. The needed fields, and the particular order they are needed in can be found under the 'faq & help' link at the top of this page - hit the 'Garmin CSV file format' link under the 'Creating POI files' section. And have fun smile

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Sat, 01/13/2007 - 10:53am

kch is right on the

kch is right on the money.

And, begrudgingly, I will admit this is one of the few times when Excel is the best tool for the job. (or OpenOffice Calc). Yank out the extraneous columns, then reorder the good columns to fit the garmin_poi three/four column format.

If anyone doesn't have the MS Office suite, you can snag the freeware/opensource OpenOffice workalike:
http://www.openoffice.org/
Good stuff, Maynard. There are other such suites but this one is probably the dominant example.

I assume that darksky stuff is for backyard astronomy types. I am currently learning to use a 6" Newt. Great stuff.

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Mon, 01/15/2007 - 2:54am

Thanks - good point about

Thanks - good point about excel - sometimes... smile

Backyard and professional astronomy alike...

Best,
Paul

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Paul, in Flagstaff AZ; Garmin Nuvi 255W, Kenwood (Garmin) 512, Garmin c550/traffic, c330, i3, V, III-Pilot, III+, many military models various mfgrs