EarthView

class machinevisiontoolbox.Sources.EarthView(key=None, type='satellite', zoom=18, scale=1, shape=(500, 500), **kwargs)[source]

Iterate images from GoogleEarth

Parameters:

  • key (str) – Google API key, defaults to None

  • type (str, optional) – type of map (API maptype): ‘satellite’ [default], ‘map’, ‘roads’, ‘hybrid’, and ‘terrain’.

  • zoom (int, optional) – map zoom, defaults to 18

  • scale (int, optional) – image scale factor: 1 [default] or 2

  • shape (tuple, optional) – image size (API size), defaults to (500, 500)

  • kwargs – options applied to image frames, see convert

The resulting object has a grab method that returns Image objects for a specified position on the planet. zoom varies from 1 (whole world) to a maximum of 18.

The type argument controls the type of map returned:

type

Returned image

"satellite"

satellite color image from space

"roadmap"

a standard roadmap image as normally shown on the Google Maps website

"map"

synonym for "roadmap"

"hybrid"

hybrid of the satellite with overlay of roadmap image

"terrain"

specifies a physical relief map image, showing terrain and vegetation

"roads"

a binary image which is an occupancy grid, roads are free space

Example:

>>> from machinevisiontoolbox import EarthView
>>> earth = EarthView()  # create an Earth viewer
>>> image = earth(-27.475722, 153.0285, zoom=17 # make a view
>>> # process image

Warning

You must have a Google account and a valid key, backed by a credit card, to access this service. Getting started

Note:
  • If the key is not passed in, a value is sought from the

    environment variable GOOGLE_KEY.

  • Uses the Google Maps Static API

References:

  • Robotics, Vision & Control for Python, Section 11.1.6, P. Corke, Springer 2023.

Seealso:

grab convert

__init__(key=None, type='satellite', zoom=18, scale=1, shape=(500, 500), **kwargs)[source]

Methods

__init__

grab

Google map view as an image