A simple python script to access Google's Geocoding service.
The code is based on the Geopy geocoding library at https://github.com/geopy/geopy
The script has a simple purpose: retrieve the latitude and longitude coordinates for cities listed in a text file and save the coordinates to a json file.
This json file can later be used for a Google Map embedded in a static web page.
>python geocode.py -h
usage: geocode.py [-h] [-v] input_file output_file
A simple city geocoder
positional arguments:
input_file Input file (text)
output_file Output file (json)
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose Verbose output
>python geocode.py example/cities.txt example/cities.json -v
Geocoding city New York, NY...
Finished geocoding New York, NY
Geocoding city London, England...
Finished geocoding London, England
Geocoding city Tokyo, Japan...
Finished geocoding Tokyo, Japan
Geocoding city Singapore...
Finished geocoding Singapore
Saving to example/cities.json