Making scripts available

Someone sent me a message via the website asking to make some scripts available. I don’t enforce email address checking, but at the same time, you kinda have to supply one if you want a reply (and I like to think I’m pretty good at getting all responses answered in less than a few hours – unless I’m sleeping).

I had a request for the script to convert WAPs to Google Maps. There’s 2 pieces of the puzzle: the HTML/JavaScript page and the script to convert the summary file to XML. Now, the HTML/JavaScript page can be swiped pretty easily (right click and save as). The XML page generation is a different story. I’m looking at the code right now and its poorly documented. Plus, I’m pretty sure I’m not pulling everything available out of the summary files (like SID, and such). I’d like to have the XML file contain everything at some point.

At the moment, I’m leaning more towards setting the script up to run from the web. You upload your summary file and it converts it to XML. Then, as I update the file, everyone else will have access to the latest and greatest as well. Anyone else interested or would people prefer something different?

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