Sunday, December 6, 2009

Planning (The trip) kml files

So I started working on these .kml files about a month ago.(.kml files are what we use to show all those little pins in the application at the bottom of our blog.) The first file I had ended up getting lost in my comp crash. I lost about 30 hrs worth of work. Now I keep back up files. Basically the process has been going like this: We started with the overall path that we were going to take. Starting in Tokyo -> Kyoto -> Shimono -> Busan (S.Korea) -> Seoul -> Manilla (Philippines) and then back the same way. From there I utilize a combination of Google earth, the web, and some guide books to figure out anything that's even remotely close to that path, say within 100 miles either direction of the main train/bus/walking route we'll be taking.

I'm going to upload the .kml file (points of interest) as it is right now, just for an update. This is by no means finished, but it will give you a general idea of the places we are potentially going to see. I color coded the pins (or am in the process of doing so)

The pin color is associated with how badly we want to see that spot. Green = must see / Yellow = Will probably see / Dark yellow = will only see if we are bored

The text color is associated with the time frame that we will see these. Pink = in the spring (on the 2nd leg of the trip) / White= in the winter (on the initial leg of the trip) Yellow = either winter or spring or both / Blue = time sensitive (need to be there at a specific day and time)

It might not look like much but I have close to, or over 100 hours spent on that bit of planing.

Unfortunately the plug in we have doesn't have any of the comment data that I put in the place marks, such as how to get there, times of operation, cost etc... But it will show you all the places we want to see and in a rough sense, when we will see them.

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