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+# Possible Automation
+
+This file describes functionality that
+
+* would confuse most people I attempted to explain it to
+* would save little time overall
+* is unlikely to work in a significant number of cases
+
+Nonetheless I feel the need to write them somewhere.
+
+## Travel Distance Calculation
+
+The obvious answer is the (paid) google maps api.
+there may be a free api somewhere, too.
+But why deprive ourselves of a "fun" exercise?
+
+1. Get coordinates of every municipality in Georgia
+2. Get straight-line distance and heading from each to Macon
+3. Manually enter google maps estimates for a couple dozen
+4. Get a formula $T(d,θ)$ and calculate the rest
+
+## Extract Bluebeam Markups from Pdf
+
+Right now I'm exporting Bluebeam markups to csv before processing,
+however if I converted to the code to extract the markups directly with MuPDF.Net
+as I've managed before with itext, that could save a step.
+
+## Panel Schedule Machine Learning
+
+I have a fair number of labeled panel schedules from previous jobs
+that would be ripe for training.
+
+## Misc Web Scrapers
+
+[#12 Stranded THHN 1000ft](https://www.homedepot.com/b/12/Stranded/1000-ft/12/1/N-5yc1vZ1z0np5dZ1z113htZ1z1uh20Z1z1uhk9/Ntk-elasticplus/Ntt-Thhn)