I wanted to do something interesting with the data I had, and generating some kind of image sounded like a fun idea.

I started by writing some PHP code to accept a range of X / Y points and use the GD library to plot them on a blank image. If the same pair of points appeared more than once, the plotted point would increase in size. This way, the size of a point would indicate how much time was spent there.

Once the basic point plotter was working, I wrote some additional code to parse the KML files and interpret the GPS coordinates as points. I fed in the data from Florida and got this image back:

Pretty cool. The large point is the rented accommodation and the pockets of points are theme parks.

I put the code up on GitHub. Feel free to experiment with it.

* Except for when GPSLogger just stopped working for no reason.

Just for fun I've written a small PHP class to allow PHP applications to interface with the Nabaztag API.

Get the code on GitHub.

The example script demonstrates all the functionality, but for quick reference:

Create a new nabaztag object:
$nab = new nabaztag($your_serial_number, $your_api_token);

Speak using text-to-speach:
$nab->speak("that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide");

Move ears:
$nab->move_ears($left_ear_position, $right_ear_position);
Provide an integer between 0 and 16 to move the ears through their cycle.

Wake up or put to sleep:
$nab->set_wake_status($status);
Passing a 1 to this function wakes the Nabaztag, 0 puts it to sleep.

The Nabaztag API will send a response to acknowlege a successful request or point out any errors made. The response is stored in the class and can be accessed via this function:
$nab->display_api_response();

There is another diagnostic function that will list the parameters being send in an API request:
$nab->display_api_params();

Feel free to expand on this class. There is plenty of information in the official API docs.