Possible to scrape data from Google Maps?

[kevmb1]

Hi,

Just checking to see if it's possible to scrape data from Google Maps??

I want to create a database of businesses in my city. (Rustenburg, South Africa)
I just need the following items:
- Name of business
- Industry (eg. Car Dealer / Grocery Store)
- Street Address
- Telephone number
- Website (if available)

Thanks in advance

 

[krisztos]

Why not - the only thing to consider (beside proxy switching) would be to toggle user agents - as the maps can be displayed randomly for various browsers/IPs.

 

[EtaLasquera]

Yes it is possible but you will have a hard hard job due to map navigation, need the use function of mouse scroll to zoom in, zoom out and move map area to search new elements.