The script grabs Google Street View for a city.
It works in several steps:
Install dependencies using requirements.txt
pip install -r requirements.txt
Moreover, an API key is necessary to get access to the Google APIs. It should be passed as a environment variable GOOGLE_API_KEY.
A key for a project can be obtained at Google Cloud (https://cloud.google.com/).
python3 grab_street_views.py [-h] [--debug] [--verbose] [--count-only]
[--alternative-server ALTERNATIVE_SERVER]
city
positional arguments:
city the city for which street views shall be downloaded.
The name should be written in its original language
(e.g. Москва, not Moscow).
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--debug run in debug mode
--verbose show info about all the processed points
--download download the images. If not set, only count amount and
calculate approximate total size
--alternative-server ALTERNATIVE_SERVER
alternative server of Overpass API if the main one
refuses to handle. Must start with "http(s)" and
contain the right URL (usually, "api/interpreter")
--fov [20-120] field of view of the street views. Less the value,
more zoomed the images. Must be in a range between 20
and 120. Default is 50.
--step STEP a step in meters with which the script walks through
routes, i.e., probes for a street view availability.
Also it effect the radius of the search for a street
view. The radius is a half of a step. Default is 10.
--rand in the case of debug run, randomize the route to be
handled (by default, the first one is taken)
--visualize visualize the walking process: show all the points of
interest and the vectors of the available looks
A list of alternative servers with public Overpass API instances can be found here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API#Public_Overpass_API_instances