ajaxm / PyMap

Experiments with the Google Maps API

PyMap

Experiments with the Google Maps API

This repository contains a Google Maps browser application built primarily with React. For a command-line interface, a simple Python 'shell' using the geocoder package is provided. Additionally, a Python server allows the use of geolocation from localhost.

Requirements

• Node Package Manager: npm
• Python 3

Setup

• Clone this repository.
• Run npm install from the repository's root folder. This will set up all the necessary Javascript dependencies via package.json.
• Run webpack from within the repository's root folder. This will bundle the various Javascript files into javascripts/bundle.js. (Note that this bundle file is not included in the repository; it will be created by webpack.)
• Finally, run python3 -m http.server to start the server.

Usage

With Server (recommended)

• The browser interface can be accessed at localhost:8000/index.html once the server is running, assuming use of the default port.
• The command-line interface can be accessed by running python3 geocode_shell.py from the repository's root folder.

Without Server (browser only)

• Simply open index.html for the browser interface. However, Chrome users will not be able to let the application access their locations without the server, since Chrome prevents geolocation from local files.
• The command-line interface requires the server to be running.