I have a list of coordinates, and I want to screen grab four images from north, south, east, and west of that specific location on Google Street View. Can this be done in make.com?
Absolutely. That’s possible.
Could you give me some direction on where to start to get this correct? I know I’ll have to work with Google Sheets, read each of the coordinates. I have a connection to Dropbox and conversion to images. But what about the Google Maps street view API?
Sure, here is the API that you’ll need to call:
- Street View Static API overview | Google for Developers
- Streetview request and response | Street View Static API | Google for Developers
Unfortunately, Make doesn’t have a Google Maps module for this particular endpoint yet (Streetview).
If the external service has a Developer API Reference/Documentation then you should be able to integrate the endpoints in Make using the app’s universal module (Make an API Call) or generic HTTP “Make a request” module.
You can also suggest for it to be made in the Idea exchange. Don’t forget to search for it first, just in case someone already suggested it, so that you don’t end up creating a duplicate.
If you need assistance in setting up the app’s universal module, or the built-in generic HTTP modules, please provide additional information about what you have tried in relation to the external service’s Developer API Reference — how you are setting the connection up, a link to the endpoint are you trying to connect to, and what errors you are encountering.
You can also complete this brand new course/tutorial in the Make Academy on how to use external APIs — API calls with HTTP modules
- API and Endpoints
- Header and body
- Multipart/form-data
- OAuth 2.0
Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.
— @samliew
P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.
Example
Here is an example of how your scenario could look:
This is just an example. Your final solution may or may not look like this depending on your requirements and actual input data.
Output Document
Example output Google Doc with the place details, satellite & street view images: Details for Marina Barrage - Google Docs
Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.
— @samliew
P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.
Thanks, I’ll give it a try and let you know.