A Python scraper for UFOCUS NZ UFO sightings, and a MapBox/Leaflet map that then displays the . scraped data. Parses with BeautifulSoup4, tentatively uses pandas, and geocodes pretty poorly with geopy (Nominatim). If you use this tool to extract the information into a friendly format, bear in mind that you must not redistribute that content without the express permission of UFOCUS NZ.

• virtualenv ... the rest is taken care of for you

• Clone the repository and cd into it
• virtualenv venv
• source venv/bin/activate
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• python PythonUFOCUSNZ/scrape.py (this does all the web scraping and geocoding, producing a GeoJSON file)
• Then you can use the GeoJSON however you want, or you can start up a simple webserver to check out a sample webpage I've already prepared: in the same directory as index.html, try python -m SimpleHTTPServer, then navigate to localhost:8000 in your web browser.

The data that this scraper scrapes is © UFO Focus New Zealand Research Network (UFOCUS NZ) 2015. I have not asked their permission, but I am not redistributing any of UFOCUS' content—merely using it for private enjoyment. This is a tool that allows individuals to view the information that UFOCUS presents on their website in a slightly different format. I am not redistributing any of that content without UFOCUS' permission. If someone else chooses to use this tool to distribute content that that person does not hold copyright for, I cannot be held liable for that.

• jawj/OverlappingMarkerSpiderfier-Leaflet
• dwilhelm89/LeafletSlider
• MapBox (esp. Space Station Earth basemap, designed by Eleanor Lutz)
• Leaflet
• ...and everyone who has spotted something unexplainable