Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks, I've a difficulty in scrapping data from maps like https://maps.google.co.in/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&q=colleges+near+boston&fb=1&gl=in&hq=colleges&hnear=0x89e3652d0d3d311b:0x787cbf240162e8a0,Boston,+MA,+USA&ei=o2CkUNfKN4bMrQfY0IHoBw&ved=0COkBELYD I want to collect all the details which we get by clicking on ay of the points from the map. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Re: How to colelct information from any map
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 15, 2012 at 03:55 UTC
    1) google says you're not supposed to scrape their site like that 2) google says it provides a "maps api" for you to use, you should read about it
      Thanks for your kind suggestion