Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
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Re: Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
#2The risk of getting banned by Google seems pretty catastrophic, so I’d be pretty worried about using this. Even if you use a “burner” Google account, who knows what they could do to link it to your primary account.
Re: Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
#3I'm surprised this unauthorized method uses the API at all. Years ago I animated a route with streetview images using crude browser animation and screenshots.
Re: Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
#4I'm surprised this unauthorized method uses the API at all. Years ago I animated a route with streetview images using crude browser animation and screenshots.
It looks like the V2 [0] is using the web client. Since it is injecting additional JS code in the page, it can/could easily be detected by google.
Re: Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
#5The risk of getting banned by Google seems pretty catastrophic, so I’d be pretty worried about using this. Even if you use a “burner” Google account, who knows what they could do to link it to your primary account.
no issues yet. I'll update the post if I get in trouble :D
Re: Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
#6I'm surprised this unauthorized method uses the API at all. Years ago I animated a route with streetview images using crude browser animation and screenshots.
Say more? I don't understand the technique youre describing and its objective.
Re: Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
#7I'm surprised this unauthorized method uses the API at all. Years ago I animated a route with streetview images using crude browser animation and screenshots.
Say more? I don't understand the technique youre describing and its objective.
I automated clicking the Streetview arrow in a browser and taking a screenshot of a defined region of the screen to create a type of Streetview Hyperlapse. Many other tools have done it better since, at least as far back as 2013: https://tllabs.io/google-street-view-hyperlapse-youtube-vide...
Re: Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
#8Why does this have a cost?
You can get street view images from maps.google.com for free, so a scraper should be able to use the same interface for free (as long as it's either not throttled, or you can get multiple IPs or don't care about speed).
Re: Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
#9Why does this have a cost? You can get street view images from maps.google.com for free, so a scraper should be able to use the same interface for free (as long as it's either not throttled, or you can get multiple IPs or don't care about speed).
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Re: Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
#10Why does this have a cost? You can get street view images from maps.google.com for free, so a scraper should be able to use the same interface for free (as long as it's either not throttled, or you can get multiple IPs or don't care about speed).
This project uses the Panorama API. A traditional scraper will quickly run into recaptchas when scraping a Google property.