On Sat, 2022-08-27 at 13:19 -0400, Patrick Joly wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed on CPAN that module Geo::Gpx > (https://metacpan.org/pod/Geo::Gpx) is looking for a new maintainer. > I would be glad to help and can offer to look after it. I have been > using that very useful module for years to manage my Gpx files after > my bike rides and want to ensure it lives on.
That's very cool. I had no idea anyone else ever used it. > > I created a repo on Github here (https://github.com/patjoly/geo-gpx) > where I tweaked it by adding a class (Geo::Gpx::Point) to store and > provide methods for the 'points' array of Geo::Gpx instances. The > structure of the hash for the point is the same, it's just that it > is blessed into that class so that Gpx points now know what they can > do. There aren't that many methods so far but I intend to build more > similar to the ones I have for Garmin trackpoints another module I > have on github (see https://github.com/patjoly/garmin-tcx). > > I just made Garmin::TCX public today to give you a glimpse of where > I am coming from but it's not ready for prime time. In that repo, I > have a class called Garmin::TCX::Trackpoints similar to > Geo::Gpx::Points where I do distance calculation by leveraging > Geo::Calc to find points closest to a point on track, split a track > based on distance from a point, etc. I would like to use more of > these methods for Geo::Gxp::Point and possibly Geo::GPX. I also > provide methods to convert points from TCX to GPX (and vice-versa > with the 'with-tcx' branch of ::Gpx) > > I plan on renaming that Garmin module to Geo::TCX and propose it for > CPAN so it could live happily along side Geo::Gpx. This is all very cool stuff, and I'm so pleased that you've breathed new life into the module. > > Now, a bit about me. I am *not* a developer, my background is in > economics and stats and I just happen to code for the fun of it, > personal projects, etc. I have never posted anything on CPAN but > there are enough resources out there that I can surely figure out > how to do that. > > So what I am saying is I want to help, but I am not a professional. > I was until this point happy to just fork the module but if it's no > longer being maintained.... Caveating this because I do not want to > give the impression that I master the ins and outs of Geo::Gpx, I > don't, but as I am debugging it to modify it to my liking, I am > growing a functional grasp of how it works and parse the xml in > chunks, descends into the xml to parse tags as they appear, etc. > That said, even though I am just a hobbyist, I have been using and > creating modules/classes on and off in perl for 20 years, have > experience in python, R as well. > > Happy to hear your thoughts/reaction. I, also, am not a developer, although I suppose I was at one point. I haven't touched any of my stuff on CPAN for at least 10 years, and would be *delighted* to have one (or more!!) of my modules find a new home. Please let me know what I need to do to facilitate the transfer of the namespace, because I really don't know any more. --Rich
