[Roadster] POI Data

[Ian McIntosh]

I second that.  CSV please.

And thanks for handling this, Don!

-Ian

On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 07:54 -0700, Jeremy Cole wrote:
> Hi Don,
> 
> > I contacted a small owner maintained database of organic restaurants  
> > and farmers markets just to see if they would release the database as  
> > it amounts to free advertising. Amazingly they said they would and  
> > asked for a format. Wanting to be honest I'd like to give them at  least 
> > 2 formats, 1 for the most popular (including in vehicles) and 1  for 
> > roadster. The problem is I don't know the most popular, and last  I 
> > checked roadster doesn't have a format, or list of formats it can  import.
> 
> The best format to receive such data in is likely to be CSV 
> (Comma-Separated Values).  It's likely the easiest for the guy to 
> export, and the most flexible for converting to other formats.  Remember 
> that when asking someone or some company for data for free, the burden 
> is on you to convert it to any number of formats... you should always 
> ask the provider to provide it in the easiest format possible for them.
> 
> If you request data from someone in some wacky format that actual takes 
> work on their part, you are immediately less likely to finally receive 
> it, and in the case that you do, less likely for them to agree to give 
> you updates.
> 
> Go for CSV.  It's easy to change it to any other format later.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jeremy
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