earthsshots.py

from selenium import webdriver
import time
import csv

# google earth uses url's in the format:
# earth.google.com/web/@x,y,d,t,r
# x is latitude, y is longitude
# d is distance from the ground in meters
# t and r are rotations around separate axes
# all but x and y must contain the letter as a suffix on the numerical argument

# time to sleep to let google earth load before taking a screenshot
sleep = 10

# read in coordinates as list
file = open("../earthshots-data/2nd Russian Airbase Coordinates - Sheet1.csv", "r")
coords = list(csv.reader(file, delimiter=","))
file.close()

successes = 0
failures = 0

# initialize driver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

total = len(coords)

# iterate over coordinates and take screenshots
for i in range(total): 
    try:
        # get coordinate from list
        coord = coords[i][0].replace(' ', '')
        
        # screenshot of coordinate from straight above
        url = 'https://earth.google.com/web/@' + coord + ',60000d'
        driver.get(url)
        driver.fullscreen_window()
        time.sleep(sleep)

        # rotate t values
        for j in range(0, 61, 15):

            this_url = url +',' + str(j) + 't'

            # rotate r values
            for k in range(0, 271, 90):

                newrl = this_url + ',' + str(k) + 'r'
                driver.get(newrl)
                driver.fullscreen_window()
                time.sleep(sleep)

                driver.save_screenshot('../earthshots-data/pics/' + coord.replace(',', '-') + str(j) + '-' + str(k) + '.png')
        successes += 1
        print(str(i) + '/' + str(total) + ' coordinates done')
    except:
        print('Coordinate ' + str(i) + ' skipped due to an error')
        failures += 1
        driver = webdriver.Chrome()
        
        
print('Done!')
print(str(successes) + ' successful')
print(str(failures) + ' failed')