Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dr J R Stockton Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Reading text from Google Maps Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 18:59:20 +0100 Organization: Home Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4noWiDo43OUVFwKP@invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="01da9e6251d9b3ee47bb70bebae42d53"; logging-data="2230"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/S5rAOVlqHiHW7euSBPyIFRxhFS2Pz1CA=" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.05-S () Cancel-Lock: sha1:TgGNE33cREBybShESzhJjZTrgjg= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:27605 In comp.lang.javascript message , Fri, 8 May 2015 18:47:58, Robert Crandal 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. -- (c) John Stockton, nr London, UK. E-mail, see Home Page. Turnpike v6.05. Website - w. FAQish topics, links, acronyms PAS EXE etc. : - see in 00index.htm Dates - miscdate.htm estrdate.htm js-dates.htm pas-time.htm critdate.htm etc.