User talk:Wenslayer/KMLGenerator

To Do

1. Convert script from Bash to Perl to run faster.
   • Done, parsing all the data only takes a few seconds now, as opposed to many minutes.
2. Automate retrieval and decompression of source data.
   • Punted; I'd rather not, mostly due to The Art of Unix Programming's Rule of Composition: Design programs to be connected with other programs.
3. Pretty-up each placemark's description to include hyperlinks to this Wiki and peeron map.
   • Done; don't need link to peeron map (you're in a mapping application already!).
4. Add format checking of source data.
   • Done (via another script); see verify_coord_data.pl.
5. Properly account for W30 graticules.
   • Punted, due to #2, this would be left for an exercise to the user.
6. Add option to display labels for each place marker.
   • Done.
7. Add option to override default <name> tag for KML document.
   • Done.
8. Add ability to specify more than one graticule at a time.
   • Done: multiple graticules can be specified by separating them with colons.
9. Add support to colourize place markers (by graticule, date, etc.)
   • Need to flesh this out more.