sogoumap2pdf

What

download map from map.sogou.com and convert to pdf

Installing

sudo gem install sogoumap2pdf

The basics

• Find out the link for center image of the map(using Firebug for Firefox)
• Generate the pdf map using command sogoumap2pdf
• The command syntax for sogoumap2pdf:
  sogoumap2pdf link x_pixels x y_pixels row x column save_file.pdf <s|sp|m>
  • s is for satellite picture only
  • sp is for both satellite and path info
  • m is for a normal map

Links for some cities:

• Beijing:http://hbpic3.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/518/192/103647_38598.JPG
• Shanghai:http://hbpic3.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/540/145/108175_29128.JPG
• Tianjing:http://hbpic3.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/521/188/104367_37713.JPG
• Chongqin:http://hbpic2.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/474/137/94897_27407.JPG
• Chendu:http://hbpic4.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/463/142/92685_28539.JPG
• Dalian:http://hbpic2.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/541/187/108301_37462.JPG
• Fuzhou:http://hbpic0.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/531/119/106244_23925.JPG
• Guangzhou:http://hbpic0.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/504/105/100915_21050.JPG
• Hangzhou:http://hbpic1.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/535/140/107001_28156.JPG
• Jinan:http://hbpic4.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/520/174/104176_34934.JPG
• Kunming:http://hbpic0.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/457/114/91472_22905.JPG
• Nanjing:http://hbpic1.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/528/149/105778_29981.JPG
• Qingdao:http://hbpic0.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/536/171/107220_34345.JPG
• Sanya:http://hbpic4.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/487/82/97523_16429.JPG
• Shenzhen:http://hbpic4.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/507/102/101555_20499.JPG
• Shenyan:http://hbpic0.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/549/204/109907_40820.JPG
• Wuhan:http://hbpic3.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/508/142/101779_28448.JPG
• Xian:http://hbpic4.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/485/161/97019_32314.JPG
• Hongkong:http://hbpic3.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/508/101/101692_20253.JPG
• Zhengzhou:http://hbpic4.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/506/164/101221_32844.JPG
• Qinghuangdao:http://hbpic3.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/792/532/193/106514_38638.JPG

Demonstration of usage

• sogoumap2pdf http://hbpic3.go2map.com/seamless/0/180/711/252/52/50460_10528.JPG 800x600 3x3 test.pdf sp
• Example map

The trunk repository is git://rubyforge.org/sogoumap2pdf.git for anonymous access.

You can fetch the source from:

• rubyforge: http://rubyforge.org/scm/?group_id=6825

git clone git://rubyforge.org/sogoumap2pdf.git

Build and test instructions

cd sogoumap2pdf
rake test
rake install_gem

License

This code is free to use under the terms of the MIT license.

Contact

Comments are welcome. Send an email to David Ruan

Screencast

David Ruan, 14th November 2008
Theme extended from Paul Battley