Extract and analyze GPS data with Go

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Of course, these are only crude examples that show what is possible. With a little more effort, more hidden nuggets can be extracted from the data. For example, if you want to identify the regions with the most popular trails, you can use an AI library to track down clusters using the k-means method. In addition, artificial intelligence could suggest previously popular hiking routes that you have not visited for some time. And there's so much more; once the data is recorded, the world is your oyster.

Infos

  1. Komoot: https://www.komoot.com/
  2. "Programming Snapshot: Go GPS Data Retrieval" by Mike Schilli, Linux Magazine, issue 252, November 2021, p. 50
  3. Listings for this article: ftp://ftp.linux-magazine.com/pub/listings/linux-magazine.com/256/
  4. OpenCage: https://opencagedata.com

The Author

Mike Schilli works as a software engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Each month in his column, which has been running since 1997, he researches practical applications of various programming languages. If you email him at mailto:mschilli@perlmeister.com he will gladly answer any questions.

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