/get_latlong.py
Created Apr 7, 2014
Get latitude, longitude and other data from Google Maps geolocation API
| import requests | |
| import json | |
| urlbase = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?sensor=false&address=' | |
| urlend = 'Zurich,Switzerland' | |
| r = requests.get(urlbase+urlend) # request to google maps api | |
| r=r.json() | |
| if r.get('results'): | |
| for results in r.get('results'): | |
| latlong = results.get('geometry','').get('location','') | |
| latitude = latlong.get('lat','') | |
| longitude = latlong.get('lng','') | |
| break | |
| print latitude, longitude | |
| else: | |
| print 'No results' |
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