> You could create the webpage and then render
> it in your desktop app. I have seen plenty of apps like that.
That's a good idea. I was able to get the basics of the pymaps
approach going, so I may do just this. Thanks.
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On Sep 29, 12:52 pm, Miki Tebeka wrote:
> Probably the google maps routes will be faster (maybe using embedded webkit
> window). However it requires internet connection.
>
> See alsohttp://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/Maps
Thanks. But I just needed a small radius, not the whole globe, and
>I see there is pymaps, a Python wrapper for Google Maps. I may try
>that but it seems to be barely documented and would require making a
>webpage with javascript to display the map, whereas I'd probably
>prefer a desktop app for this--though I'd consider a web page (it's
>probably easier than I t
Probably the google maps routes will be faster (maybe using embedded webkit
window). However it requires internet connection.
See also http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/Maps
HTH
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