gist-5547284/csv2georss.rb

require 'csv'
require 'pp'
require 'erb'
require 'time'

# $ ruby csv2georss.rb myfile.csv > feed.xml

template = ERB.new <<-EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#">
  <channel>
		<title><%= channel[:title] %></title>
		<link><%= channel[:link] %></link>
		<description><%= channel[:description] %></description>
		<pubDate><%= Time.now.rfc822 %></pubDate>
		<% items.each do |item| %>
		<item>
			<title><%= item[:title] %></title>
			<link><%= item[:link] %></link>
			<description><![CDATA[<%= item[:description] %>]]></description>
			<pubDate><%= item[:pubDate] %></pubDate>
			<author><%= item[:author] %></author>
			<guid isPermalink="true"><%= item[:guid] %></guid>
			<geo:lat><%= item[:lat] %></geo:lat>
			<geo:long><%= item[:long] %></geo:long>
		</item>
		<% end %>
	</channel>
</rss>
EOF
 
channel = {
	:title => "Open Plaques",
	:link => "http://openplaques.org/",
	:description => "Documenting the historical links between people and places, as recorded by commemorative plaques."
}

items = []
line = 0

CSV.foreach(ARGV[0]) do |row|
	line += 1
	next if line == 1 # skip header row
	
	link = "http://www.plaqueguide.com/?locationid=" + row[0]

	item = {
		:id => row[0], # id
		:title => row[3], # location
		:link => link,
		:description => row[32], # note1
		:pubDate => Time.now.rfc822,
		:author => "feedback@openplaques.org",
		:guid => link,
		:lat => row[5],
		:long => row[6]
	}
	items << item
end

puts template.result