gistfile1.txt

require 'rubygems'
require 'xmlsimple'
require 'yaml'
require 'pp'

hash = XmlSimple.xml_in('togo.xml')

points = {}

hash["point"].each do |p|
  point = {}

  p.keys.each do |k|
    point[k.intern] = p[k][0]
  end

  point[:type] = point[:type].intern
  point[:type] = :visit
  point[:lon] = point.delete(:long)

  points[ point[:country] ] ||= {:points => []}
  points[ point[:country] ][:points] << point
end

points.each do |country, data|
  fname = country.gsub(" ", "_").downcase

  open("%s.yaml" % fname, "w") do |f|
    f.puts YAML.dump(data)
  end
end