[CentralOH] CentralOH Digest, Vol 56, Issue 8

[Raymond Chandler III]

Mark,

Checkout PostGIS and GeoDjango. It's not pyramid but Django has a great 
GIS backend and integrates well with Google Maps.

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> From: Mark Erbaugh<mark at microenh.com>
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> Subject: [CentralOH] Determine Travel Time
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> I have an idea for a website (Pyramid-based, of course) that needs to calculate approximate travel time between addresses.  At this point, I'm not interested in driving directions or maps, just travel time.  It looks like this usage is not consistent with Google Maps terms of service, even for the Premier level. Also pricing for the Premier level "starts" at $10K.
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> Is anyone aware of alternatives?
>
> FWIW, the travel time calculation doesn't have to be done online. It could be set up so that I periodically download the addresses to one of my own computers, do the calculations there and upload the results.
>
> I was considering something like Microsoft or DeLorme travel planning software. I have older versions of both, but neither seem to have an API that could be used to feed in addresses and get results, they appear to be designed for "manual" processing.  Does anyone know if newer versions are any different?  Is anyone aware of a Python API to either program?
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> I also briefly looked at OpenStreetMap, but didn't get too far with that.  Does anyone know of Python interfaces to OpenStreetMap and whether it might be usable in my project?
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> Thanks,
> Mark
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> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 14:39:31 -0500
> From: Brian Costlow<brian.costlow at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [CentralOH] Determine Travel Time
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> Mark,
>
> Don't know of anything personally that I have used, but I saw a
> presentation on Postgresql geospcial stuff a few years ago where they were
> adding the PostGIS and PgRouting add-ons to Postgres, using a tool that (I
> think) came with PgRouting to get OpenStreetMap data bulk loaded into
> Postgres.
>
> They then had a Python script that would generate charts of shortest
> driving distance between two points by querying Postgres.
>
> I don't know if drive *times* are available from the data though.
>
> But it might be a place to start.
>
>
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> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Mark Erbaugh<mark at microenh.com>  wrote:
>
>> I have an idea for a website (Pyramid-based, of course) that needs to
>> calculate approximate travel time between addresses.  At this point, I'm
>> not interested in driving directions or maps, just travel time.  It looks
>> like this usage is not consistent with Google Maps terms of service, even
>> for the Premier level. Also pricing for the Premier level "starts" at $10K.
>>
>> Is anyone aware of alternatives?
>>
>> FWIW, the travel time calculation doesn't have to be done online. It could
>> be set up so that I periodically download the addresses to one of my own
>> computers, do the calculations there and upload the results.
>>
>> I was considering something like Microsoft or DeLorme travel planning
>> software. I have older versions of both, but neither seem to have an API
>> that could be used to feed in addresses and get results, they appear to be
>> designed for "manual" processing.  Does anyone know if newer versions are
>> any different?  Is anyone aware of a Python API to either program?
>>
>> I also briefly looked at OpenStreetMap, but didn't get too far with that.
>>   Does anyone know of Python interfaces to OpenStreetMap and whether it
>> might be usable in my project?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
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> From: Scott Scites<scott.scites at railcar88.com>
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> Subject: [CentralOH] Pyramid Tweens
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> At the Monday, COhPy meeting, there was a question about what Pyramid
> Tweens are and how they might be useful.
>
> A timely Alex Conrad blog post appeared tonight about tweens:
> http://www.alexconrad.org/
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> He explains what it is, how it works and why it may be useful.
>
> Here is the Pyramid Tweens link to the presention slides:
> http://www.slideshare.net/aconrad/alex-conrad-pyramid-tweens-ploneconf-2011
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> Here is the link to the presentation video (Warning: it uses Flash):
> https://www.fuzemeeting.com/replay_meeting/e8fc89a0/2204297
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> Happy hacking!
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> Scott Scites
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