2010-02-28 00:27:57 +01:00
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<title>GPX Gem</title>
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<h1>GPX gem</h1>
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<h2>What</h2>
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<p> <a href="http://www.topografix.com/gpx.asp">GPX</a> is an XML
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format for GPS data. Many personal GPS devices now support
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outputting their track logs to GPX. If you want to do something
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fun with the data from your GPS device, then this might be a
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good place to start.
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<h2>Why</h2>
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This gem is the direct result of my work on a site I once wrote called WalkingBoss (RIP).
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It powered the trip creation and editing parts of the site. After talking
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about WalkingBoss at a few different Ruby groups and RailsConf,
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I was convinced that I really should release this code back to
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the community. After all, a large portion of the site would not
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exist were it not for the many other open source ruby projects I
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used in creating it.
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<h2>How</h2>
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Version 0.1 of this library relied entirely on REXML for XML
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parsing, which was convenient (no dependencies) but slow on
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large GPX files. Since version 0.2, the library relies on
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<a href="http://libxml.rubyforge.org/">the libxml-ruby bindings</a>.
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Instead of taking minutes to run, the unit tests now take a matter
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of seconds.
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<h2>Examples/Docs</h2>
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<p> See the README file in the <a href="rdoc/index.html">RDoc docs</a> for examples.
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<h2>Download</h2>
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<p> To download the latest version of this gem, please visit: <a href="http://rubyforge.org/projects/gpx/">http://rubyforge.org/projects/gpx/</a>.
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<h2>Who</h2>
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<p>My name is <a href="http://blog.falesafeconsulting.com">Doug Fales</a>. I'm a software consultant in Montana.
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I enjoy writing software but would rather be outdoors making
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more GPX files on most days. If you would like to contact me
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about anything (bugs, patches, or freelance work), I can be
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reached at: doug [at] falesafeconsulting [dot] com.
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