diff --git a/py/cat_to_file.py b/py/cat_to_file.py
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+++ b/py/cat_to_file.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import sys
+import os
+import argparse
+import logging
+import json
+import re
+
+#parse a couple of options
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Generate reporter post body', formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
+parser.add_argument('file', metavar='F', type=str, nargs=1, help='A file name to be read from, use - for stdin')
+parser.add_argument('--key-with', type=str, help='A lambda of the form "lambda line: line.do_something()" such that the program can extract a key from a given line of input')
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+args.file = args.file[0]
+
+#Manila Extract BBox
+
+bb_ymin = 14.501
+bb_xmin = 120.9
+bb_ymax = 14.70
+bb_xmax = 121.13
+
+exec('key_with = ' + (args.key_with if args.key_with else 'None'))
+
+#output a single body
+#for each line from stdin
+handle = open(args.file, 'r') if args.file != '-' else sys.stdin
+out_file=[]
+for line in handle:
+  #try to work on the line as normal
+  try:
+    l = line.rstrip()
+    pieces = l.split('|')
+    lat=float(pieces[9])
+    lon=float(pieces[10])
+    if lat >= bb_ymin and lat <= bb_ymax and lon >= bb_xmin and lon <= bb_xmax:
+      key = bytes(key_with(l)) if key_with else None
+      value = bytes(l.rstrip())
+      out_file.append(value+"/n")
+
+  except Exception as e:
+    sys.stderr.write(repr(e))
+    sys.stderr.write(os.linesep)
+    
+print(str(len(out_file)))    
+  
+#done
+if args.file != '-':
+  handle.close()
+  
+with open('2017-01-01', "ab") as f:
+  f.write(str(out_file))   
diff --git a/py/get_data.sh b/py/get_data.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/py/get_data.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+trap "kill 0" EXIT
+which parallel &> /dev/null
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+        echo "parallel is required please install it"
+        echo "sudo apt-get install parallel"
+        exit 1
+fi
+set -e
+function usage {
+  echo -e "Usage:\n-s s3 bucket url\n-f regex to use with grep to get interesting files\n" 1>&2
+  echo "Example: AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE=opentraffic $0 -s s3://heaps_of_data/2016_11/ -f 2016_11_01.*gz -b 172.17.0.1:9092 -t mytopic" 1>&2
+  echo "Note: bucket listing is not recursive" 1>&2
+  echo "Note: data is pipe delimited: date|id|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|lat|lon|x|x with date format: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+}
+while getopts ":s:f:" opt; do
+  case $opt in
+    s) s3_dir=$(echo ${OPTARG} | sed -e 's@/\?$@/@g')
+    ;;
+    f) file_re="${OPTARG}"
+    ;;
+    \?) echo "Invalid option -${OPTARG}" 1>&2 && usage
+    ;;
+  esac
+done
+if [[ -z ${s3_dir} ]] || [[ -z ${file_re} ]]; then
+  echo "Missing required option" 1>&2 && usage
+fi
+#get all the list of files we'll be working with
+echo "Retrieving file list from s3"
+files=$(aws s3 ls ${s3_dir} | awk '{print $4}' | grep -E ${file_re} | tr '\n' ' ')
+echo "Processing $(echo ${files} | tr ' ' '\n' | wc -l) files"
+echo $files
+#rm -f 2017__01_01
+#touch 2017_01_01
+for file in ${files}; do
+  #download in the foreground
+  echo "Retrieving ${file} from s3" && aws s3 cp ${s3_dir}${file} . &> /dev/null
+  #zcat ${file} | sort | awk -F"|" '( $10 >= 14.501 ) && ( $10 <= 14.70 ) && ( $11 >= 120.9 ) && ( $11 <= 121.13 ) { print $0 }' >> 2017-01-01
+  zcat ${file} | sort | ./cat_to_file.py --key-with 'lambda line: line.split("|")[1]' -
+  echo "Finished POST'ing ${file}" && rm -f ${file}
+done
+
+sort 2017-01-01 >> 2017-01-01_sorted
+echo "Finished sorting!"
diff --git a/py/make_day_requests.sh b/py/make_day_requests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c9c7d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py/make_day_requests.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+trap "kill 0" EXIT
+which parallel &> /dev/null
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+        echo "parallel is required please install it"
+        echo "sudo apt-get install parallel"
+        exit 1
+fi
+set -e
+
+function usage {
+  echo -e "Usage:\n-f sorted day file to process\n" 1>&2
+  echo "Example: $0 -f 2017_01_02_12_sorted.gz -b localhost:9092 -t raw" 1>&2
+  echo "Note: bucket listing is not recursive" 1>&2
+  echo "Note: data is pipe delimited: date|id|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|lat|lon|x|x with date format: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+while getopts ":s:f:b:t:" opt; do
+  case $opt in
+    f) day_file="${OPTARG}"
+    ;;
+    b) bootstrap="${OPTARG}"
+    ;;
+    t) topic="${OPTARG}"
+    ;;
+    \?) echo "Invalid option -${OPTARG}" 1>&2 && usage
+    ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+hash=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 16 | head -n 1)
+key_with='lambda line: line.split("|")[1]'
+value_with="lambda line: re.sub(r'(.*:[0-5][0-9]\\|)([0-9]+)(\\|.*)', r'\\1\\2${hash}\\3', line)"
+
+if [[ -z ${day_file} ]] || [[ -z ${bootstrap} ]] || [[ -z ${topic} ]]; then
+  echo "Missing required option" 1>&2 && usage
+fi
+
+echo "day_file=${day_file}"
+echo "bootstrap=${bootstrap}"
+echo "topic=${topic}"
+#send to kafka producer
+zcat ${day_file} | ./cat_to_kafka.py --bootstrap ${bootstrap} --topic ${topic} --key-with "${key_with}" --value-with "${value_with}" -
+
diff --git a/run_reporter.sh b/run_reporter.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_reporter.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#setup the dir where the container will find valhalla tiles (tiles.tar)
+valhalla_data_dir=/data/valhalla
+
+#pick parallelism
+partitions=7
+
+#kill all docker containers
+docker rm -f $(docker ps -qa)
+docker rmi -f $(docker images -q)
+
+#start zookeeper
+docker run -d --net opentraffic -p 2181:2181 --name zookeeper wurstmeister/zookeeper:latest
+
+#start kafka brokers
+docker run -d --net opentraffic -p 9092:9092 -e "KAFKA_ADVERTISED_HOST_NAME=172.17.0.1" -e "KAFKA_ADVERTISED_PORT=9092" -e "KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=zookeeper:2181" -e "KAFKA_CREATE_TOPICS=raw:7:1,formatted:7:1,batched:7:1" -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock --name kafka wurstmeister/kafka:latest
+
+#wait for topics to be created
+sleep 15
+
+for i in {0..6}; do
+  target/reporter-kafka -b localhost:9092 -t raw,formatted,batched  -f ',sv,\|,1,9,10,0,5,yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss' -u http://localhost:8002/report? -p 2 -q 3600 -i 3600 -s DEBUG -o /data/opentraffic/reporter/results &> ${i}.log &
+done
+
+#start some traffic segment matchers
+#docker run -d --net opentraffic -p 8002 --name reporter-py -e "THREAD_POOL_COUNT=${partitions}" -v ${valhalla_data_dir}:/data/valhalla opentraffic/reporter:latest
+THREAD_POOL_COUNT=7 PYTHONPATH=../../valhalla/valhalla/.libs/ py/reporter_service.py ../../conf/valhalla.json localhost:8002
+
+#now load in data with something like this
+echo 'cd py'
+echo './make_day_requests.sh -f 2017-01-01.gz -b localhost:9092 -t raw'                                             '
+