User:Sourcerer/KML tool

This calculator creates a KML file.

If Google Earth or another application that understands this file format is installed, it should launch and display the hashpoints for your specified date and graticule.

Bugs and requests

Please put bugs and requests on the discussion tab.

Usage

http://nbest.co.uk/kmlGeohash/index.php?date=2008-05-21&lat=52&lon=0&skins=2

• date - formatted yyyy-mm-dd - the default is today's date.
• lat - your graticule latitude - the default is 51 (Grenwich London).
• lon - your graticule longitude - the default is 0 (Grenwich London).
• skins - like an onion, the number of layers of points surrounding the home point - the default is 1 giving 9 hashpoints - the limits are 0 to 6.

Tests

• Test equator

Source Code

Source Code