Popular recipes tagged "geocoding" but not "geolocation"http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/geocoding-geolocation/2017-02-13T05:34:47-08:00ActiveState Code RecipesWigle wifi geolocation [deprecated] (Python)
2017-02-13T05:34:47-08:00Jamie Bullhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4183059/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578637-wigle-wifi-geolocation-deprecated/
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Python
recipe 578637
by <a href="/recipes/users/4183059/">Jamie Bull</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/geocoding/">geocoding</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/location/">location</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/mac_address/">mac_address</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/wigle/">wigle</a>).
Revision 5.
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<p><strong>EDIT: WiGLE have retired this API and moved to api/v2</strong></p>
<p>There is now a Python wrapper for the API which you can install using <code>pip install pygle</code>.</p>
Geocoding Lists via Google Maps (Python)
2012-05-11T05:06:27-07:00Mano Bastardohttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4182040/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578126-geocoding-lists-via-google-maps/
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Python
recipe 578126
by <a href="/recipes/users/4182040/">Mano Bastardo</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/batch/">batch</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/coordinates/">coordinates</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/geocode/">geocode</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/geocoding/">geocoding</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/google/">google</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/google_maps/">google_maps</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/lat/">lat</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/latitude/">latitude</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/list/">list</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/list_comprehension/">list_comprehension</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/lng/">lng</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/longitude/">longitude</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/map/">map</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/web/">web</a>).
Revision 2.
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<p>A simple script written as an experiment in geocoding addresses in a database. A list of addresses in the form of "100 Any Street, Anytown, CA, 10010" is passed to a Google Maps URL, and the latitude/longitude coordinates are extracted from the returned XML.</p>
<p>XML methods are not used in this script, but simple string searches instead.</p>
Calculating distance between two geographic points (Python)
2009-05-28T04:19:30-07:00Bartek Górnyhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4170491/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576779-calculating-distance-between-two-geographic-points/
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Python
recipe 576779
by <a href="/recipes/users/4170491/">Bartek Górny</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/algorithms/">algorithms</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/geocoding/">geocoding</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/math/">math</a>).
Revision 2.
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<p>Implementation of Haversine formula for calculating distance between points on a sphere. Given geographic coordinates, returns distance in kilometers.</p>
Calculate distance from .kmz files (Python)
2009-05-31T23:59:34-07:00Michal Niklashttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/186902/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576782-calculate-distance-from-kmz-files/
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Python
recipe 576782
by <a href="/recipes/users/186902/">Michal Niklas</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/distance/">distance</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/geocoding/">geocoding</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/google_earth/">google_earth</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/kmz/">kmz</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/points/">points</a>).
Revision 2.
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<p>Calculates distance in kilometers from points saved in .kmz file.
Such files can be created by Google Earth</p>