mutcd-getter

This script downloads MUTCD-related signage SVGs from Wikipedia and includes a JSON-formatted mapping of common sign names to filenames.

Requirements

The following Python libraries are required by the script:

lxml
wikipedia
pyquery

A simple pip install lxml wikipedia pyquery should take care of these requirements, though you may need some dev libraries and building tools to compile lxml. You may have luck finding a pre-built binary here.

Usage

The most basic example is

python mutcd-getter.py

which will retrieve all the SVGs into the working directory. The full usage list of options is as follows:

--title               The title of the Wikipedia entry containing the
                      tables of MUTCD-inspired signs.
--tables              The headers of the tables whose signs you wish to
                      retrieve.
--column              The identifier representing the column you wish to
                      pull from each table (e.g. 5, or "USA").
--output_folder       The path to the folder into which the signage and
                      common names file should be downloaded.
--common_names_filename
                      The filename for the JSON-formatted file mapping
                      common sign names to SVG file names.

--tables Option

The --tables option takes a comma-separated list of table headers. SVGs will only be pulled from these tables. The default list of table headers is

Warning,Regulatory,Mandatory or permitted actions,Other (indication)

--column Option

It is expected to be an integer (representing a 0-indexed column number) or a string (representing the starting text of a column header). The default for --column is 'USA', such that only USA signage SVGs will be downloaded. --column only takes a single argument.

Why?

Well, I needed some MUTCD signage SVGs. So, that's why.

License

This software is licensed with the MIT license. Knock yourself out.