Craigslist part 2, load and plot using google-earth

craig2.m

addpath(genpath('~/googleearth'))

dat=importdata('myFile.csv');
maps=dat.textdata(:,2);
prices=dat.data;

for i=1:size(maps,1)

    address=char(maps(i,:));
    address=address(regexp(address,'loc')+3:end);
    % strip address of unnneccessary stuff
    tmp = strrep(address, '%', ' ');
    tmp = strrep(tmp, '+', ' ');
    tmp = strrep(tmp, '+', ' ');
    tmp(isstrprop(tmp, 'digit'))=[];
    
    space=isspace(tmp);
    letters=find(isletter(tmp)==1);
    letters = letters(floor(gradient(letters))==1);
    space(letters)=1;
    % trim single letters but preserve location of spaces to make address
    % readable
    clean_address=strtrim(tmp(space));

    % geocode address to lat,long coordinate. Geocode generates and runs a 
    % python script to do the conversion
    [g1,g2] = geocode(clean_address);
    % if any empty or unconverted addresses, call them nans
    if isempty(g1)
        g1=NaN; g2=NaN;
    end

    lat(i)=g1; lon(i)=g2;

end