A thoroughfare [] beat Across the wilderness

[everestpipkin]

A thoroughfare [] beat Across the wilderness

Pathway of long-distance fiber-optic internet service provider cabling, as followed by Google Streetview. Coast-to-coast line (New York Stock Exchange to Googleplex)

A necessary thank-you to Ramakrishnan Durairajan, Paul Barford, Joel Sommers, and Walter Willinger for their whitepaper InterTubes: A Study of the US Long-haul Fiber-optic Infrastructure

PDF of book

CODE (node js):
var fs = require('fs');
var request = require('request');

var points =
//your list of long/lang pairs.
//example; [[-74.01211,40.70727], [-74.01297,40.70623], [-74.0131,40.70609], [-74.01323,40.70597], [-74.01381,40.70524], [-74.01386,40.70519], [-74.01389,40.70513], [-74.01393,40.70508], [-74.01402,40.70493], [-74.01407,40.70478], [-74.01409,40.70475], [-74.0141,40.70472], [-74.01422,40.7046], [-74.01424,40.70462]];
//obtainable from any hand-made google map by selecting 'export to kmz' in 'share', or programmaticaly by signing up to a paid maps api

var counter = 0;

var running = setInterval(function(){ going(counter)
counter ++;
if (counter === points.length) {
cleanup();
htmlmaker();
clearInterval(running);
}
}, 500);

function going(counter){

var squareimage = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/streetview?size=150x150&location=" + points[counter][1]+","+points[counter][0]+"&fov=50&heading=45&pitch=-90&key=YOURKEY";

request(squareimage, {encoding: 'binary'}, function(error, response, body) {fs.writeFile('square/'+counter+'.png', body, 'binary', function (err) {});});

console.log(counter)
}

function cleanup(){

for (d=0;d<15000;d++){
try {
fs.accessSync('square/'+d+'.png', fs.F_OK);
} catch (e) {
console.log(d + " does not exist- trying again");
going(d)
}
}
}

function htmlmaker(){
var html;

for (c=0;c<15001;c++){
html = html + "<img src="+c+".png>";

if (c==15000){
var data = fs.readFileSync("collector.html"); // make a blank file named this
var fd = fs.openSync("collector.html", 'w+');
var buffer = new Buffer(html);
fs.writeSync(fd, buffer, 0, buffer.length);
fs.writeSync(fd, data, 0, data.length);
fs.close(fd);
}
}

}