A QGIS plugin to retrieve and attribute Google Maps Places. This plugin aims to fill a significant gap in the geospatial open-source software community. It performs the basic functionalities of retrieving and attributing Google Maps Places (such as bars, cafes, parks, hospitals etc.) for a given area. This particular task is very often used in fields such as competition research, choosing the best location to open a store or a brunch, or for urban planning activities.
Given a dataset of Input points, a specified radius and selected types of places to download, the plugin will search and download for Google Maps Places in those areas, with the "Download Google Maps Places" algoirthm.
It is then possible to further attribute those places with their ratings, the number of user reviews and their price range (if applicable), with the "Attribute Places" algorithm.
The only dependency is the library googlemaps, which can easily be installed through OSGeo4W and pip:
pip install googlemaps
Full documentaion can be found in the pdf document of this repository. Make sure to read it carefully.
Alexandros Voukenas: avoukenas@gmail.com
If you found this plugin useful, a minor donation would be greately appreciated