> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Robert Helling <[email protected]> > To: Dirk Hohndel <[email protected]> > Cc: Doug Junkins <[email protected]>, " > [email protected]" <[email protected]> > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 11:13:35 +0200 > Subject: Re: Exporting dive sites as XML > Hi, > > > this is really a tough one. Let’s keep in mind in which direction this (if > it takes off at all) might go to: Rather than sharing your own dive sites > between a few of your own log files (or maybe with your wife or your close > friends), this whole dive site management becomes really powerful as soon > as some big dive site collections are created (like all dive sites in a > country, a continent or even globally) with the collections shared > essentially between all Subsurface users. >
This is exactly how I would like things to go -- I'd gladly share my dive sites in my usual dive locations, but I'd really like to get a copy of someone else's dive sites for a trip to a location I've never been. That would be really powerful. > ……. > > These collection could also be used to figure out where it is actually > worth going to. Another aspect is of course language: We might want to > remember the langue of a dive site description so that I can decide to only > import those that are in a language that I can understand. > I'd import the dive sites in my personal log, even if they aren't in my native language. If it is a dive site that I actual use, I'd probably translate or re-write the description to fit my needs. ….Hartley
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