asked on England UK address returns lat and long for USA from Google geocoding
I geocode an address below and get lat and long for the same town name in
North Carolina USA> I have tried +GB and +UK . Other countries are ok but problems for UK
The CF code is fine - it just appears google is giving funny results. Durham England UK gets lat long for Durham in NC USA. So what do I need to do with the data?
location = Ludworth,County Durham,England+UK
Returns
lat = 54.7665696
long = -1.4377006
Code:
</cfoutput>
<!--- function to decode the return from google --->
<cfinclude template = "jsondecode.cfm">
<cfoutput>
<cfhttp method="get"
url="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=#urlencodedformat(location)#&sensor=false"
resolveurl="no">
</cfhttp>
<cfset GeoCodeLattitude = jsondecode(cfhttp.FileCont
<cfset GeoCodeLongitude = jsondecode(cfhttp.FileCont
</cfoutput>
North Carolina USA> I have tried +GB and +UK . Other countries are ok but problems for UK
The CF code is fine - it just appears google is giving funny results. Durham England UK gets lat long for Durham in NC USA. So what do I need to do with the data?
location = Ludworth,County Durham,England+UK
Returns
lat = 54.7665696
long = -1.4377006
Code:
</cfoutput>
<!--- function to decode the return from google --->
<cfinclude template = "jsondecode.cfm">
<cfoutput>
<cfhttp method="get"
url="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=#urlencodedformat(location)#&sensor=false"
resolveurl="no">
</cfhttp>
<cfset GeoCodeLattitude = jsondecode(cfhttp.FileCont
<cfset GeoCodeLongitude = jsondecode(cfhttp.FileCont
</cfoutput>
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Brijesh Chauhan
I tested it out.. seems to be the correct results...
while
Gives - 35.9940329 -78.898619
check the dump in BOTH cases, it shows the correct location...
<cfdump var="#jsondecode(cfhttp.Fi
<cfset location = 'Ludworth,County Durham,England,UK' />
<cfoutput>
<cfhttp method="get"
url="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=#urlencodedformat(location)#&sensor=false®ion=uk"
resolveurl="no">
</cfhttp>
</cfoutput>
Gives - 54.7665696 -1.4377006
while
<cfset location = 'Durham,NC,USA' />
<cfoutput>
<cfhttp method="get"
url="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=#urlencodedformat(location)#&sensor=false"
resolveurl="no">
</cfhttp>
</cfoutput>
Gives - 35.9940329 -78.898619
check the dump in BOTH cases, it shows the correct location...
<cfdump var="#jsondecode(cfhttp.Fi
ASKER
Yes it is the correct lattitude verified by
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=54.7665696,+-1.4377006+(You+can+insert+your+text+here)
However I generate the above link dynamicaly and get
<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=54.7665696,+-1.4377006+(Housecarers Housesit+County Durham+Ludworth+7 miles from Durham City)">Map</a>
And this get a result:
"We could not understand this location "So it defaults to Durham in USA
Somehow it strips part of location out of the optional description
This is the only one I am having problems with the other generated links are fine
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=54.7665696,+-1.4377006+(You+can+insert+your+text+here)
However I generate the above link dynamicaly and get
<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=54.7665696,+-1.4377006+(Housecarers Housesit+County Durham+Ludworth+7 miles from Durham City)">Map</a>
And this get a result:
"We could not understand this location "So it defaults to Durham in USA
Somehow it strips part of location out of the optional description
This is the only one I am having problems with the other generated links are fine
There seems to be some issue with the string which you are trying to search with
if you search with
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=54.7665696,+-1.4377006+(County Durham+BLudworth) - it gives the correct UK result, but the moment you add either 7 miles from Durham City or Housecarers Housesi, Google says it cannot find the location and by default you must be having locale as US, so it tries to give you a US result as a suggestion.
if you search with
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=54.7665696,+-1.4377006+(County Durham+BLudworth) - it gives the correct UK result, but the moment you add either 7 miles from Durham City or Housecarers Housesi, Google says it cannot find the location and by default you must be having locale as US, so it tries to give you a US result as a suggestion.
ASKER
Very Strange as it works for around 300 other cases but not this one? The area in brakets Google provides to add description only - so you can add what you like to this free format text area. It should not form part of the google search - just lat and long is used for that.
eg the following works fine as do all others
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=51.2624605,+-1.0840243+(Housecarers+Housesit+ Near Basingstoke+Hampshire+Nort
eg the following works fine as do all others
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=51.2624605,+-1.0840243+(Housecarers+Housesit+ Near Basingstoke+Hampshire+Nort
Yes, it is very strange,
if you search directly at google for 'Housecarers Housesit+County Durham+Ludworth+7 miles from Durham City' it gives you correct results, the first one is http://www.housecarers.com/search_detail_housesit.cfm?mem=2145605329.
BUT if you click on MAP or use the above URL it says it cannot FIND it.. ..
if you search directly at google for 'Housecarers Housesit+County Durham+Ludworth+7 miles from Durham City' it gives you correct results, the first one is http://www.housecarers.com/search_detail_housesit.cfm?mem=2145605329.
BUT if you click on MAP or use the above URL it says it cannot FIND it.. ..
ASKER
I tested some more as soon as I remove the word "from" out of the description it works. So Google has a bug if the word From is included in the free format description. They say to add whatever you like.
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Ludworth,County Durham,England+UK
is in NC USA
So
<cfhttp method="get"
url="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=#urlencodedformat(location)#&sensor=false" & region=uk
resolveurl="no">
</cfhttp>