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README.md

Format point list to visualization

Format a list of Points of Django to able visualization on: https://mobisoftinfotech.com/tools/plot-multiple-points-on-map/

Usage:

from django.contrib.gis.geos import Point

sample_lat_lng = [
    (19.0760,72.8777),
    (18.5204,73.8567),
    (40.7128,-74.0060),
    (-33.9249,18.4241),
    (-22.9068,-43.1729),
]
sample_points = [Point(x=lng, y=lat) for (lat, lng) in sample_lat_lng]
format_points_list_to_visualization(sample_points)

Params

to_print (bool) : print formatted string on terminal

Returns

formatted_string (str) : points formatted as string

format_points_list_to_visualization.py

def format_points_list_to_visualization(points, to_print=True):                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
    formatted_string = ""                       
    for pos in points:                                              
        lng, lat = pos.x, pos.y
        formatted_string += f'{lat},{lng},blue,marker\n'
    if to_print:
        print("https://mobisoftinfotech.com/tools/plot-multiple-points-on-map/")
        print(formatted_string)
    return formatted_string