[google_geocode]

Description

Link: [google_geocode]
Author: Jason Huck
Category: Utility
Version: 8.x
License:
Posted: Jul. 10, 2006
Updated: Jan. 01, 0001
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This tag returns a map of longitude and latitude for the given street address using the Google Maps API. Accepts two parameters: a valid API key and a street address. Requires [xml_tree].

Parameters

-key string, required A valid Google Maps API key.
-address string, required The street address to geocode.

Sample Usage

google_geocode(
    -key='your_api_key_here',
    -address'your street address here'
);
						

Source Code

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define_tag(
	'geocode',
	-namespace='google_',
	-req='key',
	-req='address', -copy,
	-priority='replace',
	-description='Geocodes the given address via Google.'
);
	local('out' = map);

	local('codes') = map(
		200 = 'G_GEO_SUCCESS',
		601 = 'G_GEO_MISSING_ADDRESS',
		602 = 'G_GEO_UNKNOWN_ADDRESS',
		603 = 'G_GEO_UNAVAILABLE_ADDRESS',
		610 = 'G_GEO_BAD_KEY', 
		620 = 'G_GEO_TOO_MANY_QUERIES',
		500 = 'G_GEO_SERVER_ERROR'
	);
	
	local('getparams') = array(
		'q' = #address,
		'output' = 'xml',
		'key' = #key
	);

	protect;
		local('data') = xml_tree(
			include_url(
				'http://maps.google.com/maps/geo',
				-getparams=#getparams
			)
		);
		
		local('code') = integer(#data->response->status->code->contents);
		
		if(#code == 200);			
			local('coords') = #data->response->placemark->point->coordinates->contents;
				
			#out->insert('longitude' = decimal(@#coords->split(',')->first));
			#out->insert('latitude' = decimal(@#coords->split(',')->second));
			
			return(#out);
		else;
			return(#codes->find(#code));
		/if;
		
		handle_error;
			return('Unknown error.');
		/handle_error;
	/protect;
/define_tag;

 

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Comments

08/15/2008, Dominique Guardiola
Accented letters fix
When geocoding in countries using accented letters, the output from Google throws a libxml2 error when passed to xml_tree. As gary Clark pointed it out on Lassotalk, the fix is : protect; local('data') = xml_tree(encode_smart( include_url( 'http://maps.google.com/maps/geo', -getparams=#getparams )) );
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