lukesampson / towns

Scripts to compile a database of Australian towns using 2010 Gazetteer and 2011 Census data.

How to use

1. Run python3 gaz.py to download Gazetteer 2012 data and export to output/gazetteer.csv.
2. Run 'python3 scrapewp.py' to scrape Wikipedia for town data and export to output/wikipedia.csv.
3. Run 'python3 census.py' to combine ABS census data for Urban Centers and Localities into output/census.csv.

Data sources

Place names and coordinates from Gazetteer. Most other data is based on data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.