I have been learning how to scrape google maps and have been wondering how to write a code that would make the distinction between bodies of water and land. I have been coding in r and have found packages that could be useful, such as ‘RgoogleMaps’, but I have no idea how to implement them. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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"if a piece of land is a body of water or not" - sounds kind of contradictory. What do you mean exactly? Rivers? Lakes? – Fildor Jul 06 '16 at 14:45
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I want to make a code that can find any type of water on the map. Also edited so it was a bit more clear, sorry. – user6556643 Jul 06 '16 at 14:48
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So including oceans. Must it be able to say "Ocean, Lake, River" or just general "body of water"? And have you thought about resolution? You won't want to detect a puddle as "body of water" , right? – Fildor Jul 06 '16 at 14:49
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Nope, just "body of water". – user6556643 Jul 06 '16 at 14:50
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For the most part I wouldn't mind that. I am trying to track misquotes breeding areas and any water would qualify it to be just that. – user6556643 Jul 06 '16 at 15:03
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Too bad I cannot be of much help due my lack of knowledge in r. But I wish all the luck. It is a very interesting project. So I give you +1 for promotion. You may update the question to include the info I asked for and elaborate what you want to do and what you already tried. – Fildor Jul 07 '16 at 07:17