commit 014ba52ee085668e11d8695fbbd071ef6476f45c
parent aecc7f672e5e19e38d959dcb6a261a714e41280b
Author: Beau <cbeauhilton@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:29:55 -0500
more better links
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1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/posts/geocheatcode.md b/posts/geocheatcode.md
@@ -143,14 +143,17 @@ Google is *really* good at search.
## How does the code work?
-If you [inspect the source HTML](view-source:https://www.google.com/maps/search/something+whose+latitude+and+longitude+you+would+like+to+know,+maybe+VUMC+Internal+Medicine/)
+If you inspect the source HTML
on the Google Maps website
-after you search for [something](https://www.google.com/maps?q=something+whose+latitude+and+longitude+you+would+like+to+know,+maybe+VUMC+Internal+Medicine)
+after you search for something
and it centers the map on its best guess,
and you scroll way on down (or Ctrl-F search for it)
you'll find `APP_INITIALIZATION_STATE`, which contains
latitude and longitude for the place the map centered on.
+- [example search](https://www.google.com/maps?q=something+whose+latitude+and+longitude+you+would+like+to+know,+maybe+VUMC+Internal+Medicine)
+- [example source](view-source:https://www.google.com/maps/search/something+whose+latitude+and+longitude+you+would+like+to+know,+maybe+VUMC+Internal+Medicine/)
+
I use the lovely
[`requests-html`](https://docs.python-requests.org/projects/requests-html/en/latest/)
Python library