waymarking.wlx

[savant9]

In another thread some one was asking if it was possible to have a .wlx file for Waymarking.com

 

What is a .wlx file you ask? It is a Web Link eXtension, in otherwords when you right click on an area in mapsource, normally you can search for satellite images on google or geocaches.

 

I decided to play around with the wlx and this is what I came up with.....

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<weblink xmlns="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/WebLinkExtensions/v1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/WebLinkExtensions/v1
http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/WebLinkExtensions/v1/WebLinkExtensionsv1.xsd">
<displayName>
	<token xsi:type="LocalizedLiteral_t">
		<content language="ENU" string="Find Near Waymarks on Waymarking.com"/>		
	</token>
</displayName>
<wlxNamespace>www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/WebLinkExtensions/geocaching.com</wlxNamespace>
<version>2</version>
<supportedLanguages>   
	<supportedLanguage>ENU</supportedLanguage>
</supportedLanguages>
<url>
	<token xsi:type="Literal_t" content="http://www.Waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat="/>
	<token xsi:type="Value_t" format="LAT_DEFAULT"/>
	<token xsi:type="Literal_t" content="&lon="/>
	<token xsi:type="Value_t" format="LON_DEFAULT"/>
	<token xsi:type="Literal_t" content="&t=6&id=lat:"/>
	<token xsi:type="Value_t" format="LAT_DEFAULT"/>
	<token xsi:type="Literal_t" content="%20lon:"/>
	<token xsi:type="Value_t" format="LON_DEFAULT"/>
</url>
</weblink>

 

To install:

-Open notepad

-copy/paste all the text in the above code box

-save as and pick

File Name: Waymarking.wlx

Save as type: All Files

Encoding: UTF-8

-save this to your desktop or wherever you like

-open mapsource

-drag and drop this file anywhere onto the map

-mapsource should say something about a successful install

-now right click anywhere on the map and select "Find nearby waymarks on Waymarking.com"

 

This should give satisfactory results.

 

Hope some one finds it handy.

Edited April 23, 2009 by savant9

[+hogrod]

Decided to try this because it might come in handy, but I get an error message about the file not being a valid Garmin web link extension file. I'm running mapsource 6.15.5

 

[savant9]

For some reason the code in the code box gets altered slightly depending on the browser used.

 

Here is a direct link to the file, which will work.

 

Just unzip and drag onto mapsource.

[savant9]

I cleaned up the code a bit and removed some redundant lines. Final version is available here....... http://www3.telus.net/public/a5a51225/Waymarking.zip