Hi All,
Im attempting to get a return from google maps to display the lat and long of a postcode but its not outputting them, but it is if i convert it to a raw URL
any help would be appreciated. Ive come to a dead end
this is the raw URL response
any help would be appreciated
Im attempting to get a return from google maps to display the lat and long of a postcode but its not outputting them, but it is if i convert it to a raw URL
any help would be appreciated. Ive come to a dead end
Code:
<?php
function get_lat_long($postcode) {
#change to your local domain i.e. .com
echo $domain = "co.uk";
echo "domain<br><br>";
echo $maps_key = "ABQIAAAAVHrPYH_Sk6LVC-esA5cvrhSBDl4JnyGZq3II_C_YS5ykoCjTcBRI61RIZRv6SGWAhpvhTZdb-6YsXQ";
echo "maps key<br><br>";
echo $url = "http://maps.google." . $domain . "/maps/geo?q=" . urlencode($postcode) . "&output=json&key=". $maps_key;
echo "url<br><br>";
echo $curl = new curl();
echo "curl<br><br>";
echo $json = $curl->get_page(array("url"=>$url));
echo "json<br><br>";
echo $store_data = json_decode(str_replace(""","\"",htmlentities($json))); //Take care of accents
echo "store data<br><br>";
echo $lng = $store_data->Placemark[0]->Point->coordinates[0];
echo "$lng<br><br>";
echo $lat = $store_data->Placemark[0]->Point->coordinates[1];
//Return
if($lng && $lat) {
return array('lat'=>$lat,
'lng'=>$lng
);
} else {
return false;
}
}
#this extracts the lat and long from the bottom - to call it use this command:
echo "lat<br><br>";
echo $coords = get_lat_long('NE1 1AA');
echo "postcode<br><br>";
#retults are returned like so
echo $coords['lat']; //latitude
echo $coords['lng']; // longtitude
?>
Code:
{
"name": "NE1 1AA",
"Status": {
"code": 200,
"request": "geocode"
},
"Placemark": [ {
"id": "p1",
"address": "Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1, UK",
"AddressDetails": {
"Accuracy" : 5,
"Country" : {
"AdministrativeArea" : {
"AdministrativeAreaName" : "Newcastle Upon Tyne",
"SubAdministrativeArea" : {
"Locality" : {
"LocalityName" : "Newcastle Upon Tyne",
"PostalCode" : {
"PostalCodeNumber" : "NE1 1"
}
},
"SubAdministrativeAreaName" : "Newcastle Upon Tyne"
}
},
"CountryName" : "UK",
"CountryNameCode" : "GB"
}
},
"ExtendedData": {
"LatLonBox": {
"north": 54.9734515,
"south": 54.9626769,
"east": -1.6062257,
"west": -1.6221915
}
},
"Point": {
"coordinates": [ -1.6135470, 54.9694353, 0 ]
}
} ]
}