Author: Michel Stuyts

In the past I wrote multiple blog posts about how you can make a map of Google Street View capture dates. On December 29, 2020 I noticed the old unofficial Google API I used doesn’t work anymore. Luckily Google has a new official API that can be used to get the same information. Therefore I updated all my scripts to use the new JSON file instead of the old XML file.

If QGIS on your computer contains no or a very limited number of WMS, WMTS, WFS or XYZ tile webservices to choose from, it is possible to import these in bulk from an XML file. This blog post explains how to do so for WMS services, but for XYZ tile, WMTS and WFS services you can import the XML file in a very similar way.

Recently I posted a small video on Twitter showing a shiny QGIS sticker I made and I got the the question where I ordered these. Because a blog is easier to answer that question then Twitter, I’ll tell here.

I took the QGIS logo from the QGIS Visual Style Guide and used Inkscape to create a modified version. I wanted the Q to be white because that would be the most shiny part of the sticker, but I added a small black border. For the background I used the green #589632 from the QGIS Visual Style Guide. Then I created a small green buffer around the Q.

In my blog post about checking Streetview capture dates with python and geojson the Python 3 package Fiona is used. In this post I’ll explain how to install it using OSGeo4W.

THIS BLOGPOST AND THE SCRIPTS ON GITLAB WERE UPDATED ON DECEMBER 29, 2020, BECAUSE THE OLD API DIDN’T WORK ANYMORE. FROM NOW ON AN OFFICIAL GOOGLE API CAN BE USED. CHANGES WERE MARKED IN RED ON DECEMBER 29, 2020.

In the past I have created a map of Antwerp, Kontich and Edegem that shows when the most recent Google Streetview images were taken. To do so I use a MySQL database and some PHP scripts. I created multiple blog posts on how I make these maps:

• A map with the most recent Streetview capture dates per street: how to get started!
• A map with the most recent Streetview capture dates per street: the PHP and SQL scripts I use

As a comment on the Dutch version of that last blog post, I got the question if it was possible to do the same with a GeoJSON or a Geopackage file and something else than PHP. So I translated my MySQL – PHP combo to GeoJSON and Python 3.