populartimes

exploring google maps popular times data

Requirements for RequestPlaces

• Google Chrome WebDriver for Selenium https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/getting-started

• Google Maps API key https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/?hl=de

• MongoDB https://www.mongodb.com/

• Add params.json

     {
                "API_key" : "yourKey",
                "bounds" : [
                        {"lat" : 48.123,"lng" : 10.123},
                        #bigger than previous
                        {"lat" : 48.456,"lng" : 10.456}
                            ],
                #between 1 and 500
                "radius" : 180,
                #https://developers.google.com/places/supported_types
                "types" : ["bar", "restaurant"], 
                "dbPort" : yourMongoPort,
                "dbName" : yourDbName,
                "collectionName" : yourCollectionName
    }
  

• execute scraping with given params "python scrape/main.py"

• execute map creation "python create_map.py"

• Examples for created maps