On 2012/02/13 14:52, David Reitter <david.reit...@gmail.com> wrote: > In an ideal world, one would standardize on one format (such as JPEG) and > make it work on all platforms.
Windows' default image format is BMP, but some Windows versions ship with a JPEG decoder. We could easily use that, and people with older PDAs should just upgrade ... however I think some PNAs with Windows CE Core don't have it either. The Windows CE world is an ugly one! XCSoar comes with a JPEG2000 decoder (for terrain), maybe that would be the best canonical format. In the mainstream, JPEG2000 is rarely used, because the old JPEG is "good enough". > Second, would it make sense to allow for image files that are named > after the waypoint (is it unique?) such that the "image=" line can > be avoided? That's one less reference to synchronize. The ugly old XCSoar 5 code used the "waypoint id" as a file name. This is obviously a bad choice, because waypoint ids may change. Waypoint names are not the perfect choice either, as some waypoint files will abbreviate the names, have different spacing or other oddities. Max ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
