gmaps

Google Maps and Nearest Hospital Finder CLI

This repository contains a command-line tool for finding the nearest hospitals using Google Maps APIs and displaying the driving directions. It also provides functionality to generate a static map image of the directions.

Prerequisites

Before using this tool, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed:

• Crystal
• A Google Cloud Platform (GCP) project with enabled APIs and API key

Getting Started

Installation

1. Add the dependency to your shard.yml:

   dependencies:
     gmaps:
       github: dsisnero/gmaps
   

2. Run shards install

Usage

Setting Up Google Cloud APIs

To use Google Cloud APIs, you'll need to:

1. Get an API Key:

   1. Access the Google Cloud Console
   2. Create or select a project
   3. Enable the required APIs:
      • Google Maps JavaScript API
      • Google Places API
      • Directions API
      • Geocoding API
   4. Create credentials (API Key) in "APIs & Services" > "Credentials"
   5. Optionally restrict your API key for security

2. Configure Your API Key:

   You have two options to configure your API key:

   a. Environment Variable:

   export GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"
   

   b. Permanent Configuration:

   gmaps edit_api_key your-api-key-here
   

   This will securely store your API key in an encrypted configuration file.

3. Using the Commands:

   Find nearest hospitals:

   gmaps nearest_hospital --lat <latitude> --lng <longitude>
   

   Get a satellite image:

   gmaps get_satellite_image --lat <latitude> --lng <longitude> --output_file <path>
   

Contributing

1. Fork it (https://github.com/dsisnero/gmaps/fork)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

Contributors

• dsisnero - creator and maintainer