Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] Google Maps API

[Dave P. <da...@dp...>]

On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 07:29 -0500, Brian Lalor wrote:
> On Nov 8, 2005, at 1:29 PM, Mike Berger wrote:
> 
> > 1. I currently add my extended data manually using JEdit.  I would  
> > like to keep a separate file that only contains my personal data  
> > and merge it with waypoint data I obtain from GC.  The output can  
> > be in pretty much any XML format since the Google Maps API is  
> > pretty flexible.
> I agree with Robert that XSL-T is the right way to go with this.  I'm  
> not sure what kind of workflow you're using, but a stand-alone XSL-T  
> processor (such as the venerable xsltproc that's part of libxslt, I  
> think) will probably do the job just fine.  If you want to extend  
> your XSL-T stylesheets with some functionality that can't be (easily)  
> performed with native functions, you can do that, too, typically in  
> the host language.  For example, with Python's 4XSLT, you can write  
> extension functions in Python and then call them from the  
> stylesheet.  This would probably suffice for adding some kind of  
> randomization to the position, as I think the math functions in XSL  
> aren't strong enough.

<grin/> You haven't met Dimitre! He can make XSLT 1.0 sing and dance..
OK I'm exaggerating. http://www.topxml.com/xsl/articles/df/ is an
article.
The code is on sourceforge. He has implemented a random function
that may suffice.

If you can specify a mapping that you want,
input xml element, output xml element
I'm happy to give you a start?

regards DaveP

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