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...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > 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. > > > Hi! I am a first-time poster to python-list, but I think I can help you. > > > > 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. > > > > > 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. > > > > I need the urls to look like this: > > > > Map with a pin in the centre: > > 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 > > > > > > Image: > > http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/streetview?location=43.65162,%20-79.40571&size=600x600&sensor=false > > > > > 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. > > > > > hth. > > > best, > ken -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
