motec

I took v1all.pl, originally written by guruchill and furher modified by Thorn and made a few changes. Mainly, it now deletes any files that contain no records, instead of leaving files with just the header information. I also added the ability to change some defaults using command line switches and the ability to prefix the outputfilenames with a string supplied at the command line. I did this mainly as an exercise in learning perl so I'm sure the way I did things can be improved on and I'd be interested in seeing how.

Here are some comments from the file itself:

# Name: ns2st.pl (NetStumbler to Streets and Trips)
# Version 1.0 Sept 9, 2004
#
# Description:
# This script accepts as input a 'summary' text file exported
# from Netstumber 0.4 and creates up to four files (wep_ap.txt,
# nowep_ap.txt, wep_ah.txt and nowep_ah.txt) formatted for input
# into Microsoft Streets and Trips
#
# Original credit for the core of this script belongs to guruchill
# with additional modifications by Thorn.
#
# As an exercise in learning Perl the file was further modificated
# by MoTec. Empty files are deleted and the following command line
# switches were added:
#
# --verbose (or -v) : display information while processing
# --debug (or -d) : output debug information to debug.txt
# --inputfilename (or -i) : specify inputfile, defaults to fullsum.txt
# --outputfileprefix (or -o) ; specify a prefix added to the filenames listed above
#
# Example of usage:
#
# $> ns2st -i summary.txt -o 20040909
#
# This will use summary.txt (instead of fullsum.txt) as input and create
# files named as follows: 20040909_wep_ap.txt, 20040909_nowep_ap.txt
# 20040909_wep_ah.txt and 20040909_nowep_ah.txt. Files with no entries
# will be deleted, as always.
#
# **NOTICE**
# This script now requires Getopt::Long from CPAN. This can be added
# By typing this at a command prompt (ommit the leading #):
# perl -MCPAN -e 'install Getopt::Long'
#
################################################## ########################
Hopefully this is usefull for someone.

-MoTec

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locoluna69

Hey, thanks a million. This is exactly what I was looking for. I used it to import into Delorme Topo 5 also.

lacentrix

ok, how do i setup everything to work woth NS, i just got M$ S&T 2005 w/ gps, now im trying to get NS to plot the AP's on the map while driving. like AP breadcrumbs. any advice/scripts/insults would be appreciated.

-Myke

wrzwaldo

Currently only possible with MS MapPoint. All plotting for S&T, Street Atlas... is done post process.

lacentrix

is there a free version of Mappoint or is is just a matter of finding a 'free' version?

wrzwaldo

No and I don't want to know what you mean by "finding a 'free' version".

lacentrix

looks like i get to buck up for Mappoint and add to my software collection. does it at least come on one of the cool holographic cd's? And in the buisness im in i cant get 'free' versions

-Myke

teitoku

Are you a student? You can nab mappoint for $50.

beakmyn

You can buy a trial version of Mappoint for $7.95 from Microsoft to try it out. Otherwise the full version will set you back almost $300.00 US

Microsoft has been known to give away copies of the program through Beta trials and the like. I got my copy (MP2002) for going to an Office XP launch event.

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wrzwaldo

I suppose... How is that an issue for this thread?

teitoku

Hah, my mistake

teitoku

Is there a similar method to get netstumbler to read aloud it's findings without involving mappoint?

wrzwaldo

Yes use the mappoint script with the map function turned off.

Last I remember it is in here.

teitoku

Thanks, you people are great.

streaker69

This post needs to be saved for all posterity, since there are so many that think we're not.

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