• loading and crawling panoramas
• manually generate link for image part using lat/lng + elevation
• dump panoramas found to text file
• apply to region in darlinghurst
• get car orientation information
• do big crawl in darlinghurst

Loading and crawling panoramas

• use streetview api to fetch linked panoaramas
• key data type is the StreetViewPanoramaData object, hard to find info about
• interested in heading of vehicle - StreetViewPanorama.getPhotographerPov()

Manually generate link for image part using lat/lng + elevation

First attempt:

• use fov of about 30 degrees
• use pitch of -5 degrees
• images come in max 600x600 unless you get biz account: 2400x2400
• attempted to contact sales to register for the service
• example: https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/streetview?size=600x600&location=-33.9049799,151.2510592&heading=200&pitch=-5&fov=30
• can also use 'pano' parameter for panorama ID

Dump panoramas found to text file

• can be done using blob: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8178825/create-text-file-in-javascript
• use window.open(blobUrl) rather than dodgy shit with a link

Get car orientation information

• This is actually available in the StreetViewPanoramaData object under .tiles.centerHeading
• Updated crawler to fetch this and save it in the output

Do big crawl in darlinghurst

• Try scrapy and fiddle with timings to avoid getting blocked
• Record failures