blocks.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python2
#import pdb
#pdb.set_trace()
import mclevel
from materials import materials
from BroadBandData.wrangler import blockify_geojson

GRASS = 2
SEA = 9

BBSPEEDS = [materials.Brick.ID, materials.BlockofGold.ID ,materials.JackOLantern.ID]
BASE_MAP_HEIGHT = 10

level = mclevel.fromFile("WaterWorldFinal/level.dat")

data = blockify_geojson("BroadBandData/city_speeds.json")

#load the text map of the uk
tm = open('UK.txt', 'r')
uk = tm.readlines()

# iterate through the lines 
for z, row in enumerate(uk):
  # iterate through the characters in the line
  row = row.strip().replace(',','')
  for charpos, char in enumerate(row):
    mcx = len(row) - charpos
    speeddata = data.get(len(row) - charpos, {}).get(len(uk) - z, {})
    if speeddata:
      speed = int(round(speeddata[0]['bbspeed']/1000))
      block_type = BBSPEEDS[0]
      for height in range(1, speed):
        if height > 4:
          block_type = BBSPEEDS[1]
        if height > 15:
          block_type = BBSPEEDS[2]
        level.setBlockAt(mcx + 175, BASE_MAP_HEIGHT + height, z - 281, block_type)
      print 'data at' , charpos, z, 'for minecraft', mcx, z
    else:
      level.setBlockAt(mcx + 175, BASE_MAP_HEIGHT, z - 281, (char == '1') and GRASS or SEA)
      print mcx, z

level.setPlayerSpawnPosition((mcx,30,z))  
level.setPlayerPosition((mcx,30,z))

level.saveInPlace()