Software For Parsing Datasheets

[+headmj]

Greetings,

 

I know that in the past I have read detailed messages on how some of us are downloading datasheets and parsing them into machine readable format. How are you doing it. I am leaving on vacation at the end of the week and would liek to get the most recent data sheets into my palm. If I can get them into word or excel then I can export them into my palm. Regards. Mike

[+DustyJacket]

Use Plucker to grab the datasheets (using a "search" from gc.com) and it will build a file for your palm.

[+embra]

Get an archived set of datasheets for your county of interest from the NGS site. This is a text file that you can open in Word, which may be all you want to do. (If you want just a few individual data sheets, you can get them there, too).

 

It's not a whole lot more work to get hot-linked html files, though:

1. Transform the NGS dat file togpx format with bmgpx.

2. Open that file into GSAK.

3. Export the file within GSAK to HTML format.

4. Use Plucker to generate a file that you can load and view on your Palm OS PDA.

 

Everything is a pretty straight-forward operation except getting Plucker tweaked just right the first time. If you're just wanting to try paperless BM hunting, Word is not a bad way to try things out.

[+headmj]

Thanks, I think I will just move them to word and view them on teh Palm with teh software that will open them in palm.

 

Thanks

 

Mike

[+JeremyA]

Once you have downloaded datasheets from the NGS and used bmgpx to convert to a GPX file, they can easily be transferred to a Palm OS device using CacheMate.

 

JeremyA