Importing GeoRSS feeds into TangoGPS

2009-06-02T06:53:16Z

DebConf9 is getting closer so I was browsing the Internet and the DebConf9 wiki for information. When I'm travelling I enjoy having maps to be able to get around and not get lost. For DebConf8 I relied on TangogGPS with OpenStreetMap on my OpenMoko Freerunner since my laptop is fairly cumbersome and has relatively little battery life these days. For DebConf9 I'll probably do the same since navit doesn't seem too reliable for me yet. During my information gathering for DebConf9 I came across the DebConf9 map overlay and the Madrid free Wi-Fi map. I wanted to have these available in TangoGPS so I wrote a short python script to import them into the TangoGPS POI (points of interest) database. It requires the feedparser and beautifulsoup python modules. First download the GeoRSS feeds you are interested in and then run the script on the machines where you want to use TangoGPS with the filenames as arguments. It only handles points, not lines or polygons since TangoGPS doesn't allow that. Hopefully it will be included in TangoGPS upstream or the Debian TangoGPS package soon. If you want to update the feed you'll need to manually delete the relevant points from the database or remove and recreate the database and then import the feed(s) again.

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2009-06-02T06:53:16Z

pfremy:

Tried request tracker?

Here is a site that's been up and used for a while: http://rt.indymedia.org/

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2009-06-02T06:53:16Z

hypatia:

Try the following css too (works for css 2.1 browsers, and mozilla, falls back to <p> styles for non Mozilla/CSS2.1 browsers):

pre { white-space: normal; }
pre { white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; }
pre { white-space: pre-wrap; }

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2009-06-02T06:53:16Z

braden:

try adding the 'shortname=mixed' to the mount options in /etc/fstab

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Importing GeoRSS feeds into TangoGPS

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