FixMyKml

What is this?

This node-based application

• loads a given kml
• extracts placemarks having an address but no coordinates
• takes the address and tries to resolve it to geo-coordinates using the HERE Geocoder API
• attaches the address back to the parsed entry and
• outputs the augmented kml file

Cool, how can I run it?

Get a HERE key

• Get a HERE Developer Account, e.g. by picking a free plan.
• Provide this app with authentication to the Geocoder API. You have two options:

Either get an API Key, then add the following entry to .env (what is this?):

API_KEY={here-goes-your-key}

Alternatively, get App ID and App Code for Here Maps). Add them to the .env file like so:

APP_ID={your-app-id}
APP_CODE={your-app-code

Install it

• Install node
• clone this repo, install dependencies using npm
• Get a kml file that needs a coordinates lookup. Currently not more than 1 input file is supported
• Put it under /data/input/

Run it

• run npm start in the project root folder
• check the logs for errors and success messages. You can get more detailed logs by setting DEBUG=true in config.js

Context

Developed during a data integration task while working for FixMyCity.

Open Tasks

Not sure if I find the time, but if this is useful to some one and if this gets picked up

• support more than one file
• provide example data