[Tutor] Converting a real map to a dictionary

[Steven D'Aprano]

On 26/09/12 11:20, Asmaa wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I wonder if there is possibility to convert a map to a dictionary in python.
> My concern is getting the number of houses for specific area to return
> the coordination of the houses in this area.

What sort of data do you expect to store in the dictionary?

The only thing I can think of is "address" and "coordinates". As you say below,
there is code to convert an address to its latitude and longitude, so you can
map address to coordinates:

d = {}
for address in list_of_addresses:
     coord = get_coordinates_from_address(address)  # whatever that function is
     d[address] = coord


But I don't think this is useful. What do you intend to do with the addresses,
and why do you think a dictionary is where you want to store them?



> I can see that there are some useful codes to convert an address to its
> latitude and longitude (py-googlemaps.sourceforge.net) But I want to
> make a small network design on a real area, so I am looking for
> a way to extract the available houses for this area using a google map
> or something! Is this possible?

This isn't really a Python question. The answer depends on the features that
Google provides via their Maps API. See here to get started:

https://developers.google.com/maps/



-- 
Steven