Plot latitude longitude from CSV in Python 3.6

If you are just looking at plotting the point data as a scatterplot, is as simple as import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.scatter(x=df[‘Longitude’], y=df[‘Latitude’]) plt.show() If you want to plot the points on the map, it’s getting interesting because it depends more on how you plot your map. A simple way is to use shapely and … Read more

Geolocation API on the iPhone

This code worked for me — on the iPhone web browser Safari and as an added bonus it even worked with FireFox 3.5 on my laptop! The Geolocation API Specification is part of the W3 Consortium’s standards But be warned: it hasn’t been finalized as yet. (source: bemoko.com) (source: bemoko.com) <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <!DOCTYPE html … Read more

Decoding the Google Maps embedded parameters

This intermediate is not the final answer, and the sequel follows)), just some thoughts Undocumented method. (with ftid instead of place_id parameter) Places API Web Service No warranty in future: https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?key=YOUR_API_KEY&ftid=0xd62377123a70817:0x85e89b65fcf7c648& The documented request is: https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?key=YOUR_API_KEY&placeid=ChIJFwinI3E3Yg0RSMb3_GWb6IU Need API KEY for this requests Setting up API keys Answer from Google: (JSON – light parsing) { “html_attributions” … Read more

When do I need android.hardware.location.gps and android.hardware.location.network?

The second quotation is telling you that you need either android.hardware.location.network or android.hardware.location.gps, if you specifically need one or the other location provider. If you want updates via GPS, you need android.hardware.location.gps. If you want updates via the WiFi and cellular networks, you need android.hardware.location.network. If you want updates from both the network and GPS, … Read more

LocationListener of NETWORK_PROVIDER is enabled but , onLocationChanged is never called

i have experienced similar issues with Network provider and only solution was force device restart. Though google map was showing always correct location, because it uses other sensors information also apart from Network location provider. But here is good news, not Long time back Google introduced Fused Location Provider api’s via its Google Play Service … Read more

How to calculate the area of a polygon on the earth’s surface using python?

Let’s say you have a representation of the state of Colorado in GeoJSON format {“type”: “Polygon”, “coordinates”: [[ [-102.05, 41.0], [-102.05, 37.0], [-109.05, 37.0], [-109.05, 41.0] ]]} All coordinates are longitude, latitude. You can use pyproj to project the coordinates and Shapely to find the area of any projected polygon: co = {“type”: “Polygon”, “coordinates”: … Read more

Get address from co-ordinates using OpenStreetMap [closed]

There are multiple reverse geocoding APIs available for OpenStreetMap (since the data is open-source, anyone can build one). The two that I would recommend you investigate further are: Nominatim, run by a member of the OSM community as a volunteer project. Reverse Geocoding documentation CloudMade Geocoding, run as a commercial service. Reverse Geocoding documentation (at … Read more

Get country from latitude longitude

I don’t know if it works with google maps, but there is a web service that returns a country code and takes as parameters the lat and long. Here is an example: http://api.geonames.org/countryCodeJSON?lat=49.03&lng=10.2&username=demo Returns a JSON data: {“languages”:”de”,”distance”:”0″,”countryCode”:”DE”,”countryName”:”Germany”} I also found a little description: The iso country code of any given point. Webservice Type: REST … Read more