gikrauss/world-map

Simple Flask app to create a world map based on Google Maps tiles

world-map - A world map generator

Setup

• Install requirements: pip install -r requirements.txt
• Sign Up for the Google Maps API: https://developers.google.com/maps/signup

Running

$> API_KEY=<YOUR_KEY> python map.py

It's possible to run the application without an API key but the number of requests to Google Maps API without one are limited so you might run into problems rather quickly.

Download PNG

The simplest way to generate a single PNG file is to use one of the many Chrome extensions that capture an entire web page.

I've used Full Page Screen Capture successfully.

Example

Scale down from 16565x9152px to 858x474px:

Detailed section at 100%: