[Xastir-dev] kml files

[Paul J. Morris]

I just reworked the functions called by existing export_trail() that
write text logs of stations into ~/.xastir/tracklogs to allow the export
of a station and its track to either the current xastir format or to a
kml file for import into google earth, google maps, NASA worldwind, or
so forth.  (for some examples, see the files in
http://www.aa3sd.net/tracks/ )  Both export_trail() and the new
export_trail_as_kml() have the ability to write a trail for either a
single station or for all stations, but the write all stations
functionality doesn't seem to be in use anywhere.  

For a public service event, or a search, or a search,
or another situation where it might be valuable to be able to visualize
snapshots of location data through google earth or on a website through
google maps, exporting all currently heard stations and their tracks to
a kml file might be useful.  

Where might an appropriate place be to add this in to the user
interface?  The most similar things are the options for turning on and
off of logging on the file menu.  Might a write all stations to kml
option of some sort go here, or is there a better place for it?

-Paul
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Paul J. Morris
Biodiversity Informatics Manager
Harvard University Herbaria/Museum of Comparative Zoölogy
mole at morris.net  AA3SD  PGP public key available