[Roadster] CLI suggestion

[Ian McIntosh]

> I have another suggestion...  How about a command line interface for
> Roadster?

I think it's a great idea.  There are other things that we could do from
the command line, too.  We could generate map images, we could translate
addresses to lat/lon coordinates, we could search for points of interest
based on some given criteria.  Other ideas?

-Ian

> It would be very useful to embed roadster mapping commands into
> various Bash/Perl/Python/Ruby/your_favorite scripting.
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> # for example...
> DIRECTIONS=`roadster-cli --waypoint "1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington
> DC" --waypoint "50 Central Park South, New York, NY"`
> DISTANCE=`echo $DIRECTIONS | grep DISTANCE: | awk -F" " '{print \$2}'`
> TIME=`echo $DIRECTIONS | grep TIME: | awk -F" " '{print \$2}'`
> # and so on...
> 
> This adds a level of extensibility to the mapping/route making
> algorithms that would be pretty cool--especially since the directions
> returned by this CLI should be reproducible in the GUI.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> 
> Dustin
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