Loads random tiles in the US with links to slippy maps at that location.

random-tile.cgi

#!/usr/bin/env python

import cgi
import ModestMaps
import random

print "Content-type: text/html"
print
print """
<style>
img {height:64px; width:64px; background-color:#eee;}
</style>
"""

def get_tiles(num_of_places):
    tiles = []
    lat_bounds = [32,41.5]
    lng_bounds = [-116.5,-80]
    
    for i in range(num_of_places):
        # Using bounds for the United States
        lat = random.uniform(lat_bounds[0], lat_bounds[1])
        lon = random.uniform(lng_bounds[0], lng_bounds[1])
        zoom = round(random.uniform(12,18))
        
        provider = ModestMaps.OpenStreetMap.Provider()
        location = ModestMaps.Geo.Location(lat, lon)
        coord = provider.locationCoordinate(location).zoomTo(zoom).container()
        
        if coord.__dict__ is not None:
            tiles.append(coord)
        
            mm_url =  "http://tile.stamen.com/watercolor/preview.html#" + str(zoom) + "/" + str(lat) + "/" + str(lon)
            img =  "<img src='http://tile.stamen.com/watercolor/%(zoom)d/%(column)d/%(row)d.jpg'>" % coord.__dict__
            print "<a href='" + mm_url + "'>" + img + "</a>"
            
    return tiles

if __name__ == "__main__":
    tiles = get_tiles(256)