Hi,
I have used Google Maps to do something similar (with my Tweet search
app - www.tweedar.com).
Basically the Geocode function in Google Maps allows you to look up a
name and it will return you a set or GPS coords. In Tweedar I have
used this within a Flex application so the code is in
I use this Y! Pipe for TweetGrid to accomplish geocoding:
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=27c113188a1f89baab07f2d133bc3557
it was lovingly copied and edited from a similar pipe by @JohnDBishop
(with permission).
I use this with a json callback (plus some regex matching) to
translate
argh, hit send by mistake.. I was going to add:
Your sample looks great, and I may even start using it for some other
projects where the pipe would not be as useful. Thanks for posting
the link, very nice.
I wasn't trying to trump your example, merely posting another way to
get around the
Thanks Chad, mostly just wanted to get something into the search indexes for
anyone else looking. :) I'd never thought of using Pipes, that is a very
neat approach, feels more elegant than requiring PHP in a lot of situations.
cheers,
Pete
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Chad Etzel
