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I'm currently aiming to scrape GPS data from 3rd party websites such as this 

Are there many ways of getting data streams from the web in to max/msp?

If there are, does anyone know the source 3rd party sites such as this gather their data from?

I'm currently aiming to scrape GPS data from 3rd party websites such as this http://www.n2yo.com/?s=25544 in to max. 

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Look at StockWatch.maxhelp in the examples folder. Does this site provide a feed someplace?

You can download the HTML with [jit.uldl] and look for the relevant information with [jit.str.regexp] although you will have to poll the page to get the updates.

Web Scraping and GPS Data in Max