| Locating Ethanol Free Gas Stations [message #217290] |
Wed, 07 August 2013 13:48  |
A Hamilto
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Registered: April 2011
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With the recent interest in mapping the GMC Assist list, I got caught up in importing stuff into trip planning software and GPSs.
I do not have mobile internet (haven't hit the lottery, so no budget for it), so stuff that works on the GPS or an unconnected laptop works better for me than internet based solutions.
I tried importing the whole POI file from pure-gas.org into my TomTom, and the CSV file produces a corrupt OV2 file with my POI editor software.
So I made my own file for my home state using the web page data and edited it in Notepad as a tab-delimited file and pasted it into OpenOffice Calc then saved as a CSV and imported into the ToTom.
Then I made a file for each of the states that I transit on the way to the in-laws and imported them into the TomTom.
Then I made files for MS Streets and trips.
And I found that there is a 360 mile stretch along the route (between Elizabethtown, KY and Luna Pier, MI) where I would have to detour 20 - 40 miles out of the way to get to a station (Kentucky and Ohio must have an aversion to ethanol free gas).
Its a slow day, too hot and humid to work on the GMC, and I thought I would share.
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