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Hi guys, As I start work on importing GPS, I need to take a survey of what you're using: 1. Which GPS do you use? Please include brand and model. Garmin Forerunner 305 2. Do you intend on importing your GPS data to RunningAHEAD.com? YES! 3. What computer are you using? Please specify operating system and its version. XP - SP2, Firefox 4. What do you want the importing feature to do? Please be as descriptive as possible. I, like many others, really like the MotionBased functionality. If I could have my map, interval/splits data, and total time/pace data upload to this site, I'd be thrilled. I haven't had time lately to update all my runs here. So anything that's fairly simple is my best bet. That's all I can think of for now. Thanks for your help! eric
Hi guys, As I start work on importing GPS, I need to take a survey of what you're using: 1. Which GPS do you use? Please include brand and model. Garmin Forerunner 305 2. Do you intend on importing your GPS data to RunningAHEAD.com? YES! 3. What computer are you using? Please specify operating system and its version. Mac OSX latest 4. What do you want the importing feature to do? Please be as descriptive as possible. get distance, time, and COURSE MAP, and also be able to designate courses. But, minimally, it would get the time/distance data. That's all I can think of for now. Thanks for your help! eric
I'd like to be able to upload the route i've run along with the date, time etc. I'd like to be able to choose from the runs that are on the forerunner - so if i've used ot for 3 or 4 runs but only want to upload one of them i can specify which one (some other running sites only allow you to either upload all or upload the most recent one - this doesn't work for me as i have 2 years of data i don't want to upload but the one i do want to upload may not always be the most recent one?)
Fab site - i've only recently found it and I think its really great. Although I do seem to be the only person in New Zealand using it!
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There are quite a few New Zealanders here. The best known is probably Kooky2003. Welcome to my site.
The way motionbased works is that it uploads all the files and I have to delete all the ones I don't want. So if I store the last 10 runs on my device, every time I want to upload my latest run, I need to delete the other 9.
Eric, Mandy's request is also one I listed. Every time you go to upload GPS data, you will need to pull all the activities from the device as I understand it. There are two steps involved: 1) upload, and 2) import a selection of the uploaded activities into the log. Some of the activities may already have been uploaded. So the upload software will need to deal with conflicts, and the user will need to decide which of all the runs they want to upload to their log. But regardless, the bigger issue is picking which of the activities uploaded from the device the user wants to go into the log. It will nearly always (i.e., not rare) be a subset of what gets uploaded. The way motionbased works is that it uploads all the files and I have to delete all the ones I don't want. So if I store the last 10 runs on my device, every time I want to upload my latest run, I need to delete the other 9. I would prefer that each time I select the one that gets imported.
Mandy, out of curiosity, why don't you delete your runs from your GPS device?
It's silly to upload everything every time.
My laptop can be quite unstable.
The current plan is that the tool will only upload new entries. The server will track these uploads, and will tell the tool what it hasn't seen before. It's silly to upload everything every time. I'll consider a detailed mode that will let you specify what you want to upload. It's not hard, just more work :-)
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