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Re: Static Maps from Lat Long data in XLS file

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On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:12 AM, <kobewka@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm new to Python, but I think it can solve my problem and I am looking
> for a someone to point me to tutorial or give me some tips here.
>

Hi! I am a first-time poster to python-list, but I think I can help you.


> I have an xls file that has about 1,000 latitude and longitude points. I
> want to do one of two things: 1) Save a static maps and street view image
> from the coordinates, or 2) create an html file with the map and street
> view image side by side.


If you save your xls file as a csv (comma-separated values), you can use
python's built-in csv module, documented here -
http://docs.python.org/2/library/csv.html, to read the file line by line.
Store the values and substitute the strings into a new list of URLs.


> I need the urls to look like this:
>
> Map with a pin in the centre:
>
> http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=43.65162,-79.40571&zoom=16&size=600x600&markers=color:blue%7Clabel:S%7C43.65162,-79.40571&sensor=false
>
> Image:
>
> http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/streetview?location=43.65162,%20-79.40571&size=600x600&sensor=false


I was able to use curl to grab the images you linked. I believe you can use
urllib (or, better, requests - http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/)
to get and save the images.

hth.

best,
ken

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Static Maps from Lat Long data in XLS file kobewka@gmail.com - 2013-05-21 06:12 -0700
  Re: Static Maps from Lat Long data in XLS file Ken Bolton <ken@bscientific.net> - 2013-05-21 09:58 -0400
    Re: Static Maps from Lat Long data in XLS file kobewka@gmail.com - 2013-05-22 04:21 -0700
  Re: Static Maps from Lat Long data in XLS file Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2013-05-21 10:27 -0500
    Re: Static Maps from Lat Long data in XLS file kobewka@gmail.com - 2013-05-22 04:21 -0700

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