understood, i lay no claim to your programming schedule. not having read about/used gpsdrive, i cant say what bloat you speak of. my thoughts were more about a service oriented app.

the following are a few thoughts i had. feel free to nit-pick, critique or otherwise dismiss any or all of them...

Create a database of cities containing:

- Points-of-Interest around a city
- GPS location of POI
- street name/location of POI
- brief details of POI
- cost related to POI (admission, food, lodging, etc)
- Group category of POI
- Color association of POI
- Icons for POIs???

Predefine tours based on Group Categories, Duration of Stay, or Travel Distance
Add the ability to “string” POIs together in a “Your Tour of this City” map or add to predefined tours
Enable layered type selection of POIs, where like POIs in Group show on map when cycled through.
Draw boundaries around specific areas such as “Red Light District”, “Downtown”, “The Strip”
Color code boundaries to Group color
Icon scheme – color and image standard to follow
Date and time tracking – Point-in-Time records; local time, DST, home time, GMT
Allow user feedback and (reviewed) updates for changes in pricing/details of POIs
Include routes of public transportation, and possibly links to timetables
Integrate international transportation methods and costs, with links to/POIs of places to buy tickets.

When you download a tour package, it includes 0, 2 and 4 level maps of city, POIs and database, all other files necessary.

i was more thinking the target of this would be a backpacking student traveler, out of town business traveler or otherwise bugdet minded day tripper.

some ideas may be logistical nightmares, others might be do-able. your thoughts?