Get random Google Street View data.
See Kludgy
See test.js
for an example.
option | default | description |
---|---|---|
key |
Required. Your Google Maps API key. | |
coords |
Custom starting coordinates in the form of {lattitude:0, longitude:0} . If not defined, randomly picked coordinates will be used. |
|
debug |
false |
Among other things, this option pipes the browser process stdout and stderr into process.stdout and process.stderr . |
radius |
100 |
Starting radius (in meters) from given LatLng to look for StreetViewPanoramaData . |
multiplier |
2 |
Exponentially grows the radius by this number on each attempt. |
attempts |
1 |
Number of times the script should grow the radius to search for a nearby panorama. |
throttle |
1 |
Seconds to delay next API call to search for a panorama. |
google |
false |
Google-only pano data? Based on pano data copyright string. |
{
status: 'success',
message: 'Panorama found within 13 attempts.',
lat: 16.921235,
lng: 145.78154399999994,
id: 'CAoSLEFGMVFpcE1iNk1oUTBQN3BoZzVxVW1MMTNNMVdjTmI3aDdJcThjdE9EMWRo',
copyright: '© Paul Toogood',
link: 'https://maps.google.com/?q=16.921235,145.78154399999994&ll=16.921235,145.78154399999994&z=0',
tiles: {
centerHeading: 0,
originHeading: 0,
originPitch: 0,
tileSize: {
width: 512,
height: 512
},
worldSize: {
width: 10782,
height: 5391
}
}
}
Notes pertaining to module development … More information coming soon.
Set debug
to true
. Next, locate temp.html
and open it in Chrome and enable the Web Developer Toolbar.
In order to make testing easier, create a key.js
file and add in your Google Maps API key:
// Non-functional example key (you’ll have to generate your own):
module.exports = 'AIzaSyDNuylDKnjnYY46zkORPEt2-g4HK3O6wnw';
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