BTA_schoolFinder

Black Teacher Archive historic school search automation

Functionality

Takes historic school names tables and returns:

• Latitude/Longitude
• GeoNames or Historical Marker Database placename
• Feature Code

Requirements

• Python 3.8
• Pandas
• Selenium
• Requests

Usage

In the Jupyter notebook, customize local (CSV) input and "fuzzy_value"

TO DO:

• Find Nearest Address (GeoNames):
• Error message details (HMDB)
• https://www.geonames.org/maps/us-reverse-geocoder.html#findNearestAddress
• Select table image OCR tool ("pre-prep")

Cook 2024