[Loadstone] Last Position Editing Question

[Shawn Kirkpatrick]

The checkpoint files do use decimal representation for now. This will be 
fixed at some point. I want those files to contain more information about a 
point anyway. When these files get changed the program will be able to read 
and convert the old format at least for a while.
To check a point in loadstone you go into exploration mode. Then you use the 
numeric keys to move to the point you want to check and hit the * key. You 
can also use the find function to find a point by name. The problem you may 
be having is if you're trying to use the joystick to find a point. The 
joystick lets you look around in 4 directions but doesn't move your virtual 
position. I think the documentation has been cleared up a bit regarding 
this. If you're using the numeric keys or find function and you still can't 
check points then there could be a problem of some kind. We were having 
problems with this quite a while ago but they seem to be fixed now as far as 
I know.

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, Cathomas Jürg wrote:

> the checkpoints also use decimal representation.
> if you change this, this might cause problems with existing lists.
> I noticed thisbecause i wrote a little pc tool which gives me a list of points from an exported database and lets create me a checkpoint list.
> For some reason, i am not able to create an appropriate checkpoint list within the LoadStone software.
> Most of the time, * (star) does not check aat all or does not check the point i want to check.
> Maybe, i did not understand correctly the way to check points.
>
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: loadstone-bounces at loadstone-gps.com [mailto:loadstone-bounces at loadstone-gps.com] Im Auftrag von Shawn Kirkpatrick
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 21. Januar 2007 02:05
> An: General discussion pertaining to the Loadstone GPS program
> Betreff: Re: [Loadstone] Last Position Editing Question
>
> Well, as a rule loadstone uses integers but for the last_position file it
> uses decimal point notation. This is a hold over from when things were in
> decimal and should be reworked at some point. Just another little thing on
> the todo list.
>
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007, Michael O. Hanson wrote:
>
>> I want to edit the last position file in Loadstone to explore a database
>> hundreds of miles from where I am now.  I copied the file to my computer as
>> part of that process.  I want a backup of the original data in case
>> something goes wrong.
>>
>> I opened the file using Notepad and got the coordinates listed below.
>>
>> 44.966005
>> -93.336517
>>
>> I thought Loadstone did not use decimal notation.  Is that correct?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Mike Hanson
>>
>>
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