[yahoo_geocode]
| Link | yahoo_geocode |
| Author | Jason Huck |
| Category | Utility |
| Version | 8.x |
| License | http://opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php |
| Posted | 27 Mar 2006 |
| Updated | 27 Mar 2006 |
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Description
Geocodes the given address via Yahoo! Geocoding API. Requires a valid Yahoo! Application ID. Returns a map containing all of the address components, including longitude and latitude.
Sample Usage
yahoo_geocode( -appid='myAppId', -location='1815 Griffin Road, Dania Beach, FL 33004' );
Source Code
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define_tag(
'geocode',
-namespace='yahoo_',
-required='appid',
-optional='street',
-optional='city',
-optional='state',
-optional='zip',
-type='integer',
-optional='location',
-priority='replace',
-description='Geocodes the given address via Yahoo! Geocoding API.'
);
local('getparams') = params;
iterate(#getparams, local('i'));
#i->first->removeleading('-');
/iterate;
local('response') = xml(
string(
include_url(
'http://api.local.yahoo.com/MapsService/V1/geocode',
-getparams=#getparams
)
)
);
local('out' = map);
local('fields') = array(
'Latitude',
'Longitude',
'Address',
'City',
'State',
'Zip',
'Country'
);
local('p') = string(#response->extract('//@precision')->first)->split('"')->second;
#out->insert('Precision' = #p);
iterate(#fields, local('f'));
local('d') = #response->extract('//*[local-name()=\'' + #f + '\']/text()')->first;
#out->insert(#f = #d);
/iterate;
return(#out);
/define_tag;
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