devfriendlyplaces-random.py

import random
import json

places = []

for x in range(1000):  # your choice here
    places.append({
      "name": "place %d" % x,
      "lat": random.randint(-80, 80) + random.random(),
      "lon": random.randint(-180, 180) + random.random(),
      "address": "Fake address",
      "type": "random",
      "url": "http://example.com",
      "power": {"available": random.choice((True, False))},
      "wifi": {"available": random.choice((True, False))}
    })

json.dump({'places': places}, open('locations/paris.json', 'w'), indent=4)

# to display this, I've changed the Paris defaultZoom to "1".