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Detailed GPS tracks from Google Maps

https://blog.sverrirs.com/2016/06/update-5-google-maps-directions-to-gpx.html

Detailed GPS tracks from Google Maps. Fifth update to my Google Maps to GPX converter tool. This is an old entry in a series of post about converting Google Maps directions to GPX. Original post. Ive applied a major update to the Google Maps to GPX tool. Changes include:. The user interface has been simplified and made easier to use by novice users. The tool now relies extensively on the Google Directions, Elevation and Roads API for its features. Seeking WFH, remoting or freelance opportunities.

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About

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This is what I do. Building and delivering relevant and genuinely useful software. Algorithms and their successful implementation. Big data and data mining techniques. Practical applications of Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence. UI development. Learning new things, every day, all year round. Surrounding myself with enthusiastic, intelligent people that like to get things done. Windows client applications and services. API design and implementation. C , COM, Excel add-in development.

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Google Analytics and server-side PHP

https://blog.sverrirs.com/2016/11/google-measurementprot-php.html

Google Analytics and server-side PHP. How to call Google Analytics Measurement Protocol in PHP server code. Google published a handy API to implement hit tracking in your projects, the Measurement Protocol. This API is especially useful for APIs and other platforms that cannot use the pre-existing solutions to communicate usage and tracking stats with the Google Analytics servers. Https:/ www.google-analytics.com/collect. The API offers a dizzing amount of parameters. The Abstract Base Class. User-Agent:...

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Archive

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Loss of accuracy when parsing Google Maps API data in PHP. Handling chart events in Excel 2010 and newer. Combining Mp4 video files automatically. Jekyll 3 Pagination Gem. Google Analytics and server-side PHP. Writing a Python webserver in 10 seconds. HTML5 Video Playback on Xbox and the Playstation. Passing post variables to includes in Jekyll. A Complete Guide To Building a Bookmarklet App in Javascript. WebP Image Generator for Jekyll Sites. Detailed GPS tracks from Google Maps. Update #4 Google Maps ...

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sverrirs.blog - page 2

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Sverrirs.blog - page 2. Ramblings of Sverrir Sigmundarson. WebP Image Generator for Jekyll Sites. Using WebP compression for images can be hugely beneficial for web-browsers that support this new format. This article is a complete guide and includes working source code for a fully automated WebP image generator for Jekyll websites. Detailed GPS tracks from Google Maps. Fixing a dead 30" Dell 3008WFP Monitor for $89 USD. Detecting which screen a fullscreen app occupies. It can be hard to deal with excessi...

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MapsToGPX.com website

https://blog.sverrirs.com/2016/07/update-6-maps-to-gpx.html

Cleaned up and fixed heaps of bugs while rebranding my old Google Maps to GPX converter tool. This is the latest update to a tool Ive discussed in earlier articles. Original post. Ive rebranded the tool I built to convert Google Maps Directions to GPX files to. And it now has its own dedicated domain. I have also finally fixed a slew of previously unreported bugs. :/. New domain. Old https:/ labs.coruscantconsulting.co.uk/garmin/gpxgmap/convert.php. Unicode characters are now correctly decoded. Fixes in ...

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Writing a Python webserver in 10 seconds

https://blog.sverrirs.com/2016/11/simple-http-webserver-python.html

Writing a Python webserver in 10 seconds. How you can build a simple local webserver using python in only a few seconds. That you can run a simple local webserver for static content with only a single line. That is simply awesome! It will serve all available files and even list directory contents for you with no problems. However this basic http.server. Is very simple and you will quickly run into one of its biggest drawback which is that it can only handle a single request at a time. This server can be ...

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Jekyll 3 Pagination Gem

https://blog.sverrirs.com/2016/11/jekyll-paginate-v2-gem.html

Jekyll 3 Pagination Gem. Backwards compatable and enhanced replacement for the previously built-in jekyll-paginate gem. I recently learned that the true and tested pagination gem for jekyll jekyll-paginate. Had been decommissioned and removed from Jekyll 3. This is unfortunate as this gem is very good but lacks only a few major new features, most notibly the feature to paginate on a subset of your posts (e.g. only paginate on certain categories, tags or languages). The Github project page.

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Passing post variables to includes in Jekyll

https://blog.sverrirs.com/2016/10/jekyll-passing-post-variables-to-includes.html

Passing post variables to includes in Jekyll. How to pass liquid variables defined in your post or pages layout into your site includes. By default Jekyll include documents loaded by your layout files do not have access to variables defined in the YAML header in your posts or pages. This can pose a bit of a problem if you want some parts of your site to have access to your post data (e.g. such as its title). Luckily there is a way to pass variables into liquid includes however the official documentation.