Static Maps from Lat Long data in XLS file

[kobewka at gmail.com]

Thanks Ken. I'll have a closer look at those links. I also found Motionless, which creates a static map HTML file. Combined with what you said, I should be able to get what I need.

https://github.com/ryancox/motionless

Scott



On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 9:58:25 AM UTC-4, Ken Bolton wrote:
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:12 AM,  <kob... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Hi! I am a first-time poster to python-list, but I think I can help you.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Map with a pin in the centre:
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> 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
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> Image:
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> http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/streetview?location=43.65162,%20-79.40571&size=600x600&sensor=false
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> 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.
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> hth.
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> best,
> ken