KML2HEATMAP

version 0.1 14.09.2018 Author: Landon Halloran (website)

Description

A python script that creates a javascript-based heatmap from longitude, latitude coordinate pairs contained in kml files.

Screenshots of example outputs

Running routes from GPS-enabled watch output

Google Location History

What it does...

This script reads in kml files from a selected folder, parses the long/lat data from them, and then outputs an html file that uses the Google Maps Javascript API. This has been tested with kml files exported from:

• Google Location History (https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout/downloads - warning output file can easily be >100MB)
• MapMyFitness/MapMyRun
• Suunto Movescount

Inputs

• folder where kml files are located
• Google API key (see Requirements below)
• start longitude, latitude, & zoom level

Requirements:

• an API Key from the Google Cloud Platform Console https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key
• a folder containing only KML (keyhole mark-up language) files
• Python (tested with Python 3.6 via anaconda distribution)

Included example files

The subfolder example_kml_files/ contains some kml files exported from a fitness tracking website (based on phone or GPS watch data).