Map Addresses

Last Update: 2/2/10

This is a script I’d first written about back in July 2009 and then revised in October 2009. It utilizes Google Map’s API to search your address book for all contacts within a specified distance of some other address.

The main improvements to the below are that I put in a dialog box to request the search location. This is because with Snow Leopard it is very easy to turn Python scripts into Services in the Services menu. So I typically run this when I get an email asking for nearby stores that stock our chocolate. As a service it’s very easy to use.

I also limited the searching to a specified group. (In my case “Clients”) I put in a line to search all of Address Book commented out. See the function scan_addresses(). So it’s easy to modify this behavior.

I finally changed it from simply printing on standard out to instead maintain a list and then copy that list to either a new TextMate window or a new TextEdit window. See the function finish_send(). Once again just comment out the lines you don’t want.

Probably I should create an option that instead creates a temporary group. However 95% of the time I’m going to email the generated list to someone. So having it as nicely formatted text is what I prefer.

Note that to run this you have to have a Google Map API key. See my blog posts on using Python and Google Maps for more information.

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#!/usr/bin/python
 
###############################
# mapaddress.py
###############################
#
# Brings up a dialog box prompting for a city and state.  It then queries
# the address book for all addresses within 75 miles.  (This value can be
# changed in the global constant "distance")
#
# The data is then opened up in a new document within TextMate or alternatively
# within TextEdit.  (The TextEdit code is present but commented out)
 
import urllib
from math import *
from appscript import *
import subprocess, sys
 
import osax
from time import sleep
from operator import itemgetter
 
key = ""  # Put your own Google Map API key here
 
distance = 75
output_text = []
debug_script = False
 
def send_output(t):
    global output_text
    output_text.append(t)
 
def finish_send():
    global output_text
 
    # To send to TextMate
    proc = subprocess.Popen(['mate'], shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
    proc.communicate('\n'.join(output_text))
 
    # To send to TextEdit
    # app(u'TextEdit').make(new=k.document, with_properties={k.text: '\n'.join(output_text)})
 
 
def sigdigits(x, n):
    if n < 1:
        raise ValueError("number of significant digits must be >= 1")
 
    # Use %e format to get the n most significant digits, as a string.
    format = "%." + str(n-1) + "e"
    r = format % x
    return float(r)
 
 
def deg2rad( pos ):
    return  [ float( pos[0] ) * 2 * pi / 360 , float( pos[1] ) * 2 * pi / 360 ]
 
def find_distance(co1, co2):
    """Given two coordinates (latitute, longitude) in degrees returns the distance
    beteween them."""
 
    try:
        co1 = deg2rad( co1 )
        co2 = deg2rad( co2 )
        earth = 3956.6 # radius of earth in miles
        d = acos( cos( co1[0] ) * cos( co1[1] ) * cos( co2[0] ) * cos( co2[1] ) + cos( co1[0] ) * sin( co1[1] ) * cos( co2[0] ) * sin( co2[1]) + sin( co1[0] ) * sin( co2[0] ) )  * earth
        return sigdigits(d,2) 
    except:
        return None
 
 
def get_location( query, key=key ): 
    """Get the ( latitute, longitude ) coordinates in radians corresponding to the query.
    If something goes wrong return None."""
 
    params = { }
    params[ 'key' ] = key
    params[ 'output' ] = 'csv'
    params[ 'q' ] = query
 
    params = urllib.urlencode( params )
 
 
    try:
        f = urllib.urlopen( "http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?%s" % params )
    except IOError:
        # maybe some local problem at google? let's try again
        sleep( 5 )
        try:
            f = urllib.urlopen( "http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?%s" % params )
        except IOError:
            # okay we give up
            return None
 
    response = f.read( ).split(',')
    f.close( )
 
    try:
        status = response[0]
        accuracy = response[1]
        latitude = response[2]
        longitude = response[3]
    except:
        return None
 
    if status != '200':
        return None
    else:
        return latitude, longitude
 
def scan_addresses( center, range ):
 
    AB = app('/Applications/Address Book.app')
 
    # uncomment below to search all people in Address Book
    # people = AB.people.get()
 
    # uncomment below to search for all people in specified group
    people = AB.groups[u'Clients'].people.get()
 
    address_list = []
 
    for person in people:
 
        if len(person.addresses()) > 0:
 
            try:
                address = (person.addresses())[0].street() + " "
                address = address + (person.addresses())[0].city() + " "
                address = address + (person.addresses())[0].state() + " "
                address = address + (person.addresses())[0].zip()
 
                loc = get_location( address )
 
                if loc == None:
                    continue
 
                distance = find_distance( center, loc )
 
                if distance < range:
 
                    if debug_script:
                        send_output("")
                        send_output(person.name())
                        send_output(address)
                        send_output( "Distance:" + str(distance))
 
                    store = {}
                    store['name'] = person.name()
                    store['address'] = address
 
                    if len(person.phones()) >0:
                        store["phone"] = person.phones()[0].value()
                    else:
                        store["phone"] = ""
 
                    store['distance'] = distance
 
                    address_list.append(store)
 
            except:
                #print "error"
                continue
 
    return sorted(address_list, key=itemgetter('name'))
 
def fillnumbers( table, row, data):
 
 
    table.columns[1].cells[row].value.set( row )
    table.columns[2].cells[row].value.set( data["name"] )
    table.columns[3].cells[row].value.set( data["address"] )
    table.columns[4].cells[row].value.set( data["phone"] )
    table.columns[5].cells[row].value.set( str(data["distance"] ))
 
 
def addresses_to_numbers(center="Provo, UT", range=50):
 
    list = scan_addresses( center, range )
 
    # Hack to create new document in numbers
 
    app(u'Numbers').activate()
    app(u'System Events').processes[its.title == u'Numbers'].processes[1].menu_bars[1].menu_bar_items[3].menus[1].menu_items[1].click()
 
    table = app(u'Numbers').documents[1].sheets[1].tables[1]
 
    # do a header
    fillnumbers( table, 1, {'name':'Name', 'address':'Address', 'phone':'Phone', 'distance':'Distance'})
 
    row = 2
    for l in list:
        fillnumbers( table, row, l)
        row = row + 1
 
def list_addresses(center="Provo, UT", range=50):
 
    list = scan_addresses( center, range )
    send_output( "Lists")
    send_output( "------")
 
    for l in list:
        send_output(l['name'])
        send_output(l['address'])
        send_output(l['phone'])
        send_output("Distance:  " + str(l['distance']))
        send_output('\n')
 
def get_center():
 
    AB = app('/Applications/Address Book.app')
    a = AB.selection.get()[0]
 
    send_output("Searching around " + a.name())
 
    address = a.addresses()[0].street() + " "
    address = address + a.addresses()[0].city() + " "
    address = address + a.addresses()[0].state() + " "
    address = address + a.addresses()[0].zip()
 
    send_output( address )
 
    loc = get_location( address )
 
    return loc
 
def make_center(address):
    send_output("Search around " + address)
 
    loc = get_location( address )
 
    return loc
 
def main():
 
    global distance
 
    if len( sys.argv ) > 2:
        q = sys.argv[1]
        center = get_location( q )
        distance = sys.argv[2]
 
    else:
        #center = get_center()
        sa = osax.OSAX()
        results = sa.display_dialog("Search Around: ", with_title="Area Search",  default_answer="los angeles, ca")
        if results[k.button_returned] == u"OK":
            center = make_center(results[k.text_returned])
 
 
 
    if center == None:
        send_output("Address is bad")
 
    # addresses_to_numbers( center, distance )  
    list_addresses(center, distance)
    finish_send()
 
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
 
    main()
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