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__author__ = 'Jaken'
import urllib
import webbrowser
from xml.etree.ElementTree import parse
lat = 41.980262
lon = -87.668452
u = urllib.urlopen('http://ctabustracker.com/bustime/map/getBusesForRoute.jsp?route=22')
data = u.read()
f = open('rt22.xml', 'wb')
f.write(data)
f.close()
doc = parse('rt22.xml')
for bus in doc.findall('bus'):
latBus = float(bus.findtext('lat'))
lonBus = float(bus.findtext('lon'))
if latBus > lat:
direction = bus.findtext('d')
if direction.startswith('South'):
busid = bus.findtext('id')
print busid, latBus
webbrowser.open_new("http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center="+latBus+","+lonBus+"&zoom=12&size=400x400&sensor=false")
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