Very useful idea! I think if it were converted into a noun type, it
could be used for other commands working with
addresses/geo-coordinates too.
- Blair
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:45 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Doug,
>
> Simply put, the command does the following:
>
> Take a string representing a location as input (E.g. Ontario, Canada or NW1
> 5BD)
> Use the tinygeocoder service to produce a corresponding Geocode and place it
> on your clip-board
> The map is displayed purely for visual purposes and serves no other use at
> the moment. And no, You dont need to have a good maps api key to use it.
>
> For me it was a learning exercise for using Jquery to submit requests to a
> website and process the response :-)
>
>>> var geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();
>>> var latLng = geocoder.getLatLng(address, function(point) { } );
>>>
> No, it cant be used that way. Like the built-in tinyurl command, this one
> was built with the intention of letting people use the tinygeocoder without
> visiting the website.
>
> Depending on what you want to do, you may want to check out
>
> CmdUtils.getGeoLocation()
>
> - Mayuresh
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Douglas Nogueira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>>
>> I want to know if i can do this inside of a ubiquity command:
>>
>> var geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();
>> var latLng = geocoder.getLatLng(address,
>> function(point) { } );
>>
>>
>> Given a string with the address, i want her LatLng.
>> I need a key of the google maps for that?
>> In your tiny-geocoder, you use that?
>>
>> ----
>> Doug
>>
>> 2008/11/12 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've just put together a command for generating geocodes using the free
>>> api service @ http://tinygeocoder.com/ . It's at:
>>>
>>> http://mskadu.googlepages.com/tinygeocode
>>>
>>> code at:
>>> http://code.google.com/p/ubiquity-commands/source/browse/trunk/scripts/tinygeocode.ubiq.js
>>>
>>> Any comments/ criticism welcome!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mayuresh
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Mayuresh
>
> >
>
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