A library to mine data from the Google Maps Control for ASP.NET
##Setup You need to have PhantomJS installed on your PATH.
##Usage var miner = new GServiceMiner("http://shuttle.concordia.ca/Map.aspx"); miner.on('data', function(data){ var points = data.points.map(function(point){ return { element : point.ID, longitude : point.Longitude, latitude : point.Latitude }; }); console.log( 'new data ='+JSON.stringify(points, null, 4) ); });
##Tests npm test
##API The library provides with an eventsEmitter that periodically emits the data collected from the Maps Control.
###GServiceMiner
Exposed by require('gserviceminer')
###GServiceMiner(url: String)
Creates a new eventsEmitter that mines the page at url for data
###GServiceMiner(url: String, opts: Object) The following options are supported by the constructor:
refresh: the period, in ms, at which the eventsEmitter should mine the page. Default is 1 minute
##How it works GServiceMiner uses phantom-node to create an instance of the target webpage, and extracts the information from it.
##Features
For now, only Points (e.g., actual markers on the map) are retrieved from the GService.