iPhone tracking database to KML format converter

iphone-tracker.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# Copyright (C) 2011 Thomas Jost
#
# This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
# the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
# and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want
# To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
# http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.

import datetime
import sqlite3
import sys

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print("Syntax: {0} path-to-consolidated.db > output.kml".format(sys.argv[0]), file=sys.stderr)
    sys.exit(1)

conn = sqlite3.connect(sys.argv[1])
conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
curs = conn.cursor()
curs.execute("select * from celllocation")

# KML header
print("""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.2">
  <Document>
    <name>iPhone tracking</name>
    <open>1</open>
    <description>iPhone tracking data, directly extracted from a fresh "consolidated.db" database</description>
    <Style id="transPurpleLineGreenPoly">
      <LineStyle>
        <color>7fff00ff</color>
        <width>4</width>
      </LineStyle>
      <PolyStyle>
        <color>7f00ff00</color>
      </PolyStyle>
    </Style>""")

# KML data
cur_ts = ""
for row in curs:
    lat, lon, ts = row["Latitude"], row["Longitude"], row["Timestamp"]
    
    # Apple uses timestamps that store the number of seconds since 2001...
    dt = datetime.date.fromtimestamp(int(ts) + 978307200)
    iso_ts = dt.isoformat()
    human_ts = dt.strftime("%x")
    
    if cur_ts != "" and human_ts != cur_ts:
        print("""        </coordinates>
      </LineString>
    </Placemark>""")

    if human_ts != cur_ts:
        cur_ts = human_ts
        print("""
    <Placemark>
      <name>Location on {0}</name>
      <TimeStamp>
        <when>{1}</when>
      </TimeStamp>
      <styleUrl>#transPurpleLineGreenPoly</styleUrl>
      <LineString>
        <extrude>1</extrude>
        <tessellate>1</tessellate>
        <coordinates>""".format(human_ts, iso_ts))

    print("          {0},{1}".format(lon, lat))

# KML footer
print("""        </coordinates>
      </LineString>
    </Placemark>
  </Document>
</kml>""")