Seattle is Way Wired, Why Doesn't Live Know?
I just picked up my first PS, the Nuvi 660. I am enjoying logging my favorite places in order to create and upload some POI files for others to use. One handy POI file to have is "where is the nearest coffee and wifi?". I found this great wiki listing more than 200 in Seattle. It is hooked into Virtual Earth - but what I need is the GPS coordinates for all of these to load into my GPS. Anyone out there got a code-based way to grab this informartion and pair it up with the address to output and Excel .csv POI file? I wonder why Local.live.com doesn't provide GPS for addresses you search?
Here are some of the "geeky" POIs I logged this weekend:
| -122.169370 | 47.323230 | Neon Palm Trees | 7101 M L King Jr Way S, Seattle WA |
| -122.171690 | 47.341860 | Steel Tree | South Seattle |
| -122.223370 | 47.145770 | Norman Bates Motel | 4221 Pacific Highway East, Fife WA |
| -122.379202 | 47.553555 | Lenin Statue | 600 N 36th, Seattle, WA |
| -122.351172 | 47.651636 | Hat n' Boots | 6400 Corson Avenue, Seattle, WA |
| -122.344395 | 47.692968 | Fremont Troll | N 36th St Seattle WA |
| -122.935840 | 47.030080 | Victrola Coffee | 411 15th Ave, Seattle WA |
| -122.228724 | 47.296965 | Archee McPhee Catalog Store | 2428 NW Market Street Seattle WA |
| -122.134470 | 47.180590 | Wifi (McDonalds) | 702 AUBURN WAY S, Auburn, WA |
| -122.190450 | 47.329520 | All City Coffee (Wifi) - Georgetown | 1205 S Vale St, Seattle WA |
| -122.152180 | 47.271300 | RE PC - Tukwila | 510 Andover Park W, Tukwila WA |
| -122.192165 | 47.331810 | Georgetown Liquor Co (Wifi) | 5501-B Airport Way S, Seattle WA |
| -122.192990 | 47.328900 | Rain City Cigar | 5963 Corson Ave S, Seattle, WA |
| -122.185540 | 47.344970 | Galaxie Espresso (Wifi) | 3215 Beacon Ave. South, Seattle, WA |