Download Bing Map Bird's Eye Images. (High resolution)

get_birds_eye.py

"""
Use this code to download High resolution Birds Eye view which is similar to Google map's 45° imagery. There is no straight
forward way to download either of these.
"""
import urllib
import json, sys
from PIL import Image
from io import BytesIO

latlon = sys.argv[1]

key = "BING MAPS API KEY"
# latlon = "40.8495,-74.4557"
# You can set orientation by setting orientation=[0, 90, 180, 270] in the url. By default its 0 (North).
url = "https://dev.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Imagery/Metadata/Birdseye?centerPoint={}&key={}".format(latlon, key)

content = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
resp =  json.loads(content)

main = resp["resourceSets"]
for inner in main:
    if inner["estimatedTotal"] > 0:
        for res in inner["resources"]:
            tile_url = res["imageUrl"]
            subdomain = res["imageUrlSubdomains"]
            zoom = res["zoomMax"]
            xtile = res["tilesX"]
            ytile = res["tilesY"]
            tiles = xtile * ytile # total tiles: 0 - tileX * tileY
            tile_width  = res["imageWidth"]
            tile_height = res["imageHeight"]

            # Read all the image tiles and store in array.
            imgs = []
            for tile_id in range(tiles):
                ctile = tile_url.format(subdomain=subdomain[1], zoom=zoom, tileId=tile_id)
                img_content = urllib.urlopen(ctile).read()
                sys.stdout.write("\r>> Got link {} out of {}".format(tile_id, tiles))
                sys.stdout.flush()
                imgs.append(img_content)

            # Open the images in the array using ByteIO and PIL
            bt = map(BytesIO, imgs)
            open_images = map(Image.open, bt)

            total_width = xtile * tile_width
            max_height = ytile * tile_height

            new_im = Image.new('RGB', (total_width, max_height))

            x_offset = 0
            y_offset = 0
            for im in open_images:
                new_im.paste(im, (x_offset, y_offset))
                x_offset += im.size[0]
                if x_offset == total_width:
                    x_offset = 0
                    y_offset += im.size[1]
            
            # Save image as png name with latlong.
            new_im.save("{}.png".format(latlon))            

    else:
        sys.__stderr__.write("Nothing found at given location!\n")