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Re: Reading text from Google Maps

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In comp.lang.javascript message <wamdnagtarfR-tDInZ2dnUVZ5hadnZ2d@gigane
ws.com>, Fri, 8 May 2015 18:47:58, Robert Crandal <noreply2me@yahoo.com>
posted:

>Is it possible to use JavaScript or any other language to extract all
>the text from any area of Google Maps?  I'm mostly interested in
>extracting all the street names from a city section, but business names
>are okay too.
>
>I know this is a far-fetched idea, but I can't think of any other method
>for obtaining all (or most) of the street names of a city.  If anybody
>has any better ideas I'd love to hear them.

You do not say whether you want this for one, many, or all cities - and
what about towns & villages?  You do not say whether you want to have it
fully automated, or is partially manual allowed?  You do not say whether
this is to be world-wide (most Americans do not really believe in other
countries apart from Canada and Mexico).

Google searches for   street names in Machyllneth   &   street names in
Chattanooga   should give you some clues.

Try, for example, www.proviser.com & cartographic.info &
www.geographic.org.  Try also the web site of the place in question.

But remember that, in most of the world, the *real* names of streets are
not written in ASCII or even in a Latin alphabet.

Do not rely on a single non-local source; for example, you could perhaps
use all of Google Maps, Bing Maps, and a national source.

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Reading text from Google Maps "Robert Crandal" <noreply2me@yahoo.com> - 2015-05-08 18:47 -0700
  Re: Reading text from Google Maps "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-05-09 12:33 +0200
  Re: Reading text from Google Maps Robin Rattay <rotora@gmx.net> - 2015-05-10 10:47 +0200
  Re: Reading text from Google Maps Dr J R Stockton <reply1500@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-05-11 18:59 +0100

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