[Loadstone] Importing Points

[Jeff]

Below I have pasted the first  several lines of the file that I downloaded. 
I must say the things that I do hear in the file do not sound like anything 
around my home.  I live in Santa Rosa California which is about 60 miles 
north of
San Francisco.  I used
Latitude:, 38.454078
Longitude: 122.766562

table,cell
id,name,mcc,mnc,locationareacode,cellid,userid
1147500861,"",234,30,76,33266,38196
1147500862,"",234,30,76,33267,38196
1147500863,"",234,30,450,35974,38196
1147500864,"",234,30,450,35975,38196
1147500865,"",234,30,450,33205,38196
1147500866,"",234,30,438,37629,38196
1147500867,"dublin airport meteor",272,3,1015,16734,38196
1147500868,"dublin airport vodaphone",272,1,12,15204,38196
1147500869,"",272,3,1015,11615,38196

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shane" <shane at cm.nu>
To: "General discussion pertaining to the Loadstone GPS program"
<loadstone at loadstone-gps.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Loadstone] Importing Points


> Hi Jeff,
>
> Have a look at the export file.  The first line should be:
> table,point
> followed by the points
> blank line
> then the next table.  Is there any data below the
> table,point line and before the blank line.  If not, where
> abouts (roughly) are you located.  It's certainly possible
> if you're not in north america that points do not exist
> within a 5 mile radius.
>
> Shane
> On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 04:36:12PM -0700, Jeff wrote:
>> I downloaded a POI file from the Point Share Exchange site, and imported
>> it
>> into Load Stone per the directions on the web site.
>>
>>
>> I used Load Stone to determine my Latitude & Longitude, with a radius of
>> 5
>> miles.  I did not put anything into the Restrict Output to user name
>> field
>> and
>> left all other items checked.  The file was 79 KB in size and took less
>> than
>> 5 minutes for Load Stone to import it.  My default file did increase in
>> size
>> from around 4 KB to 83 KB, but when I go into Exploration Mode there are
>> no
>> new points.  Just the points that I created.  Is 79 KB an average size?
>> Is
>> less than 5 minutes for the importing process sound right?  Should I try
>> and
>> increase the radius?
>>
>>  When you look for points in Exploration Mode how far out does it look?
>> Is
>> this value user definable?  Finally, I am able to edit an existing point,
>> but
>> have not been able to remove one completely.  Is there a way to do this?
>>
>>  Thanks, Jeff
>
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