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Convert the list of NOAA weather stations to a KML file. (e.g., curl https://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/index.xml | xsltproc nws2kml.xslt - > NWS_stations.kml)
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml"/>
<xsl:template match="/wx_station_index">
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">
<Document>
<xsl:for-each select="station">
<Placemark>
<name><xsl:value-of select="station_id"/></name>
<Point>
<coordinates><xsl:value-of select="longitude"/>,<xsl:value-of select="latitude"/>,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</xsl:for-each>
</Document>
</kml>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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