Re: [backstage] Google Maps API

[Duncan Barclay]

Hi, A while ago someone posted a link to a file with place names and longitude and latitude for all places in the UK, which (for the prototype that I made related to this at http://backstage.min-data.co.uk/geotagged/ ) I then queried the database for all the words that seemed like places in the news article (That was done by basically working out which words start with a capital letter) and got a list of places with longitude and latitude that could be relevant.  It then did some complicated stuff to work out exactly where to plot it.. It doesn't use the Google Maps API at the moment, but I have decided to stop working on it and work on a more local thing, which will incorporate that, and will use the API. Hope that helps, Duncan Simon Corless wrote: Related to this, does anyone know how to go about geocoding place names. I can't really see how you would take a place from the news and plot it. i.e. mapping the news. I have played with the Google API so I know what it's all about it's just the reverse plotting that interests me with relation to the Backstage project. (I know some of you did it before the API was released). Thanks Simon ---------------- http://www.sico.co.uk/ Kim Plowright wrote: Probably even more off topic, and hello list, sorry, I lurk as I'm *so* not techy enough for most of the conversations...   But has everyone seen this flickr / google earth mix? Appols if it has done the rounds...   http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/50193/   And a slightly unrelated note, and a tad off topic.... could anyone shed any light on how easy this would be to achieve...   In Our Time - Melvyn's weekly newsletter. He tends to dictate it whilst walking around London - cue much merriment about getting rained on, etc. How easy would it be to strip out location / placename data from the emails, and map 'Where's Melvyn?' on to google maps? Possibly with a link to download/listen again to the episode he talks about? A very silly idea, I know, but quite cute... I'm interested in ideas that spatially locate programming and content. You could imagine being stood on waterloo bridge and your mobile suddenly going off, delivering you that week's podcast...   Kim (BBC type, project manager in Interactive Drama and Entertainment, can't code for toffee...) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group.  To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html.