Map data not loading #106
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I had the same issue. Apparently Google changed their policies. To get the maps to load I had to set up an account on Google Cloud and then request an API key. Here is a link to the Google page to set up an account; https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/pricing/ You need to provide a credit card number but they won't charge you without prior approval (or so they say). The install instructions for the PiClock include a section on how to add the Google API key to the config file. My maps are now loading without any problems. Hope this helps ... |
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It looks like they're giving you a 300 dollar credit for 12 months. So as little as we will pull with the PiClock, we won't use the 300 dollars. However, we WILL use the 12 months up of course, at which time you have to bill your card for another chunk of time. In other words, even if you follow the above link and sign up for the free trial, the maps on the PiClock will be blank eventually. I wonder if PiClock 2 will have this issue...... |
Assuming I read it correctly, the WU api will expire for everyone on 12/31/18. I was just trying to get to the end of the year in hopes PiClock2 will be out by then. |
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I have this issue as well. Everything was awesome for a long time. Needed to reboot the Pi and then gray boxes where the Google maps used to be under the WU animated maps. I tried creating the Google API key as suggested above, and thought I had it entered in the proper place, but the issue is still present. Does not look like the author has been active in a while. I SO love this application and would really like to get it working properly again. I took the analog out of my Pi and ran it into an analog port on my surveillance DVR. I have it in rotation with a set of 20 cameras spread across a bunch of flat panels in the house. Epic coolness. I am starting to really miss it. N0bel, I would likely kick in a little cash to help the new version come out or fix this one. Thanks for giving this to us! Too cool!! |
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@desolat68 https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/pricing/sheet/ As I read the google maps api pricing page, you get $200usd credit per month forever, not just 12 months. The map is only loaded once per start of the clock, so even if you have your PiClock reboot every day, you end up with max of 31 map calls per month, at a rate of $2.00 per thousand, which is $0.062 per month. |
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@vanhalen26505 Everything seems to work fine with my google api keys, no grey maps. Google did recently stop giving away maps (depending where your IP originates) for free, so things turned grey. Just do the api thing. I'll be updating the instructions to remove the wording about removing your googleapi key. |
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OK, I will give it another shot from scratch. I had modified the source
code a bit. Perhaps I goofed up something additional. Thanks very much for
your time and input. Much appreciated! The clock appears on a bunch of
panels in my house and makes it the coolest house (my opinion) on the
planet! :)
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@vanhalen26505 <https://github.com/vanhalen26505> Everything seems to
work fine with my google api keys, no grey maps. Google did recently stop
giving away maps (depending where your IP originates) for free, so things
turned grey. Just do the api thing. I'll be updating the instructions to
remove the wording about removing your googleapi key.
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Also, please excuse my ignorance, as I am guessing there is a better place to share things like these pics. If you can tell me where, and think others might like them, I am happy to recreate them in another location. I took an analog out from my Pi and fed it into a channel on my security DVR. Did the same with a couple other PIs that I have monitoring four traffic cams each. The rotation of screens happens every 20 seconds, so I get PiClock, first set of four cams, and second set of four cams mixed in with 19 cameras showing my property. When motion is detected on any of the 19, it goes full screen. These pictures show the 60" panel above my fireplace in our great room. I also have it on a number of other panels around the house, including one between the showers in our master bath, so we can see traffic and weather while getting ready in the morning. LOVE IT!!! Thanks so much again for given us this great piece of code and project. It really helps make my house the coolest one I know, and friends and guests marvel at it!
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@vanhalen26505 Thanks for the great pictures of your build! |
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You bet! Thanks for the excellent code and making all this happen for us.
So appreciated!!
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@vanhalen26505 <https://github.com/vanhalen26505> Thanks for the great
pictures of your build!
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I would like to learn more about how you incorporated the traffic cams with your PiClock. Care to share that? |
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Sure thing. To be clear, they are not actually part of the PiClock. I have
three Pi computers running, and each of them us going from an analog out to
a Hikvision security camera DVR. The DVR is connecting to a bunch of
screens in my house through an HDMI multiplier system, so each TV gets the
feed.
One of the Pi's is running PiClock. The other two are each running four
traffic cameras. The DVR shows sets of cameras in a pre-determined sequence
and rotates them about every 20 seconds. The two Pi's that are running the
four traffic cameras each are connecting to RTMP (I think that is the
protocol) feeds.
My state has a bunch of publically-accessible traffic cams. I found a
little bit of code that plays RTMP feeds on github, I believe. The person
who posted it had made a security camera system with Pi's for a pizza shop,
so that the owner could be making food in the kitchen and watching the rest
of the place on a monitor.
I basically did a light adaption of that with the IP addresses for the
public traffic cams.
It might be possible somehow to modify the Python code from PiClock to
rotate to show RTMP feeds periodically, but, I will admit, I am not that
good of a coder! :)
Hope this info helps. It is pretty cool to be able to glance and see the
weather and traffic when getting ready in the morning. Someday, I want to
try to get some news headlines mixed into the feed as well. Dreams...
Cheers,
Lee
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with your PiClock. Care to share that?
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Lately I am having the issues of the google map not loading. Radar and weather loads. But maps are not loading. Suggestions?
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