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Over the years various people and organizations have made their own versions of this list, but IMO the main one has always been the IBMWR one. It's a real commitment to keep it up to date for years and even decades, and the IBMWR folks have done that well.
Tom might be receptive to improving the IBMWR database such that there is better location info and so forth, incorporating the improvements that you and others have invested your time into. Things like this are way easier to maintain in one place rather than many. Do you want to own this for the next ten or twenty years?
I have no pretention to "own" this.
Too late for that now. You made it and you've been updating it ever since, just like everyone else who maintains a list like that. So either you will keep doing it, or you will abandon it and the existing copies will become stale. Shops come and go on a regular basis; you're never going to be 'caught up forever.'
All part of why duplication of this effort is inefficient. Not to cast a gloom on your work, of course; motivation like yours is part of a really great altruism that is so nice to encounter from time to time. Hey, there are plenty of volunteer efforts that I 'own' and would rather not. But to survive, those efforts need an exit strategy. I'm making progress on that. Yours might be to combine your added value with en existing list that you don't need to maintain.
those efforts need an exit strategy. I'm making progress on that
Dan, I'd like to suggest that you consider changing your dating format from MM_YYYY to YYYY_MM. This will allow for much better sorting and easier visual recognition of the correct files.
That would mean that BMW Independent shops_03_2017.gpx, would become BMW Independent shops_2017_03.gpx and thereby keeping all files in a proper chronological order regardless of whether they span more than on year.
BTW, here's an extremely slight correction. You list Adrian's on 80 Rue King. The name is just a little different has double aa in the latter part - it is Adriaan's Cycle Service.
As an aside, in New Brunswick, you can use 80 Rue King or 80 King St whichever one prefers. The actual street signs read "RUEKingST" so they're considered completely bi-lingual. ;-)
All this high tech stuff has me baffled for a couple of reasons.
First, let me say that I am a rotary dial guy in an I-Phone world! So where the GPS and high tech people see the time spent in programing their stuff to get to a place as an assurance to getting there, I see it as an exercise in isolation. Once you have your directions locked in then you have nothing to do but follow directions to get where you want to go.
My concept of riding has to do with a certain level of exploring. I carry that ancient tool of navigation called a map. When I see a sign for an interesting site I just turn and go to see it. I don't have to reprogram the map to get me going somewhere else nor backtrack to get to the point where I left the assigned route.
I am also never without my trusty Anonymous Book! So if I'm in Pismo Beach, the clam capitol of the world, and I want to find out which restaurant has the best clams, I just call a local member to find out. Looking for an independent Airhead repair shop? Use the book!
And gosh and golly, I've been known to stop and ask total strangers for directions and enjoyed meeting people that I would otherwise had never met!
I don't know what motivates the rest of you to ride but I've always found pleasure in meeting people, finding terrific off the wall restaurants and enjoying killer motorcycle roads that are not quite so overcrowded as the Tail of The Dragon.
For me the GPS is just another tool, I always have a map in my tank bag map window.
Most of the time I don't have a exact route in my GPS because we change our mind a lot and like you mentioned sometimes locals tell us about places we did not know about.
In AZ we have Moto Ghost, Dave Alquist at Quality Cycle Service and Reparto Veloce.