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navigator:
Sometimes I bug Jim a few days in a row after I've been on a road trip and add to my list file, and he's always prompt about letting you know it's ready for the next site update. I tried the github way once maybe twice, but I find email easier


My .list file looks like this, but you can do it any way you want -- as long as the [State] [Road Name] [Point A] [Point B] are all correct it'll work. I do mine in alphabetical order just so it's easier to find a particular road on there and make changes when I add more miles on it.

NV NV593 LasVegBlvd ParRd
NV US95 75A NV373
OK US70 OK/AR ChoSt
SD BadLpRd I-90(131) I-90(110)
SD I-90 SD/MN 61
SD I-90 WY/SD 30
SD I-190 SD44 I-90


I also make a copy of the .list file in the folder I keep it in pretty regularly, in case I would make a mistake when entering things in for 2 hours I can go back. I'm now at "navigator - Copy (65).list"  :o


Don't know if anybody else does this, but I also make a .txt file of every road I enter in. It looks like this:

AR US49.txt
AR US49


AR1
Waypoint 12
Coords.: 34.561248°, -90.925856°

MS/AR
Waypoint 0
Coords.: 34.496512°, -90.587425°


AR US49 AR1 MS/AR



That way I can look at the "Date modified" column in a folder and see when I last traveled a certain route. It takes me a little more time but then I know the waypoints I put in are completely correct.

michih:

--- Quote from: navigator on April 10, 2018, 01:00:49 am ---I do mine in alphabetical order just so it's easier to find a particular road on there and make changes when I add more miles on it.
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I think alphabetical order is the only reasonable way because trips are usually overlapping - especially in your home state.


--- Quote from: navigator on April 10, 2018, 01:00:49 am ---I also make a copy of the .list file in the folder I keep it in pretty regularly, in case I would make a mistake when entering things in for 2 hours I can go back. I'm now at "navigator - Copy (65).list"  :o
Don't know if anybody else does this
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It's automatically done for everyone, e.g.: https://github.com/TravelMapping/UserData/commits/master/list_files/navigator.list
And you can see the changes of every submit/commit, e.g.: https://github.com/TravelMapping/UserData/commit/e7c1ea63e11b23e1fd6200b49657f98b23fb3c66#diff-43512f5872cfb8105b74f8a0accff736

si404:

--- Quote from: michih on April 10, 2018, 01:50:56 pm ---I think alphabetical order is the only reasonable way because trips are usually overlapping - especially in your home state.
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Other ways of sorting are reasonable - eg my home region is first, then expanding out (in alphabetical order within the sweep) geographically (so the rest of my country, my continent, the US, elsewhere).

michih:
Sure, alphabetical order within each system or region. The order of the regions itself can be random. Just my 2ct.

jwood.ok:
Thanks everyone, I've been doing the alphabetical thing by state so far.  I started working at my most recent trips and am working backwards.  My recent trips are really easy to get in just right because my routes are usually also logged on my google timeline (I know, what a cheater!  :D)  Previous nationwide trips will require a lot more time.

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