Export formats - JSON

[Martin Sluka]

> 23. 6. 2016 v 0:09, Philip Schuchardt <vpicaver at gmail.com>:
> 
> JSON is a standard format that can be used in pretty much any programming
> language. 

I understood what is JSON now. But it is very good for programing languages but very problematic for humans reading. Any word as „station“ is repeated any time it is used, what is horrible compared to table style data.

Any way, it should be very simple to parse Survex's, Therion’s or other programs data to JSON and back to plain text.

> Metacave isn't designed to be written by hand like Therion and
> Survex files.

I didn’t want to hand write JSON, I asked way you simple not use analysis of problem of cave surveying from Survex, where are I think defined all possible methods used for cave surveying, all units, etc.

The same about Therion. There are very clever ideas of name spaced surveys and surveys structure and the same for idea of scraps and independent definitions and structures of maps using name spaces.

Therion is definitely not only strange map editor with automatic round-tripping. There are few ideas I like very much.

Metapost and TeX behind Therion have their reasons too. They are most powerful tools for generating symbols and pieces of maps and for page layout till now. Free, multi-platform and universally used for typesetting from Indians to hieroglyphs languages. So no any big problem to generate map in any of local languages. And no any big problem to define your own symbols or add any colorful graphics.

Best regards

Martin