Dirty Little Tools to convert data from my Garmin into a Google Maps Compatible CSV

garmin_to_google_maps.rb

def minimum_distance(a, b)
  ((a[0] - b[0]).abs > 0.1) || ((a[1] - b[1]).abs > 0.1)
end	

last_coordinate = [0,0]


txt = File.read("/Users/shostakovich/data.txt")

puts "lat,lon,Name"
txt.scan(/lat="([^"]*)"lon="([^"]*)">/) do |coordinate|
  coordinate[0] = coordinate[0].to_f
  coordinate[1] = coordinate[1].to_f

  next unless minimum_distance(coordinate, last_coordinate)
  puts "#{coordinate[0]},#{coordinate[1]},"

  last_coordinate = coordinate
end