Geocoder: Problem with generated geocode
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Last Post: December 10, 2010 (RSS)
By gadefgaertgqe - December 9, 2010 - edited: December 9, 2010
Loving the plugin, but one issue is causing a problem.
At first some of the postcodes for the UK would not work, but I recognised the problem from a previous website, and realised that I had to set the geocode region. I was more than happy to see the option coded (and documented!) in the plugin to sort this out, so I changed it to the following:
$GLOBALS['GEOCODER_REGION'] = 'gb';Now all postcodes are processed by Geocoder, but for some reason they are not processing correctly. The results are close and in the right local area, but are not correct.
It seems to me that the Geocoder plugin is picking up other address details and calculating from there. I want it to only use the postcode field and made the following change to the plugin:
$GLOBALS['GEOCODER_ADDRESS_FIELD_COMBOS'] = array( // values should be ", " separated. alternates should be "/" separated.
'postcode/zipcode/zip',
);But the problem is still happening. Any ideas?
Kind Regards
Paul
Re: [Pixels & Beats] Geocoder: Problem with generated geocode
By Dave - December 9, 2010
Can you let me know what postcode you're using and the results your getting when you use the example lookup form here?
admin.php?_pluginName=geocoder&_pluginAction=examples&filename=sample_form.php
How far off are the results? If you can let me know the postcode I'll try to re-create the issue locally.
Thanks!
interactivetools.com
Re: [Dave] Geocoder: Problem with generated geocode
By gadefgaertgqe - December 10, 2010 - edited: December 10, 2010
Lets use the example in my test environment:
Postcode: LS2 9JT
Geocode from Google Maps site:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=LS2+9JT&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=13.962144,46.538086&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Leeds+LS2+9JT,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.809572,-1.553192&spn=0.217723,0.727158&z=11
Geocode from CMSB Geocoder plugin:
http://www.addresshidden.co.uk/contact.php
I have modified the above page to also display the lat and long but for comparison purposes here are the numbers:
Google:
53.80957154683726, -1.553192138671875
CMSB:
53.821497, -1.65654
Hope this helps and thanks for looking into.
Paul
Re: [Pixels & Beats] Geocoder: Problem with generated geocode
By Chris - December 10, 2010
Can you verify that the "Sample Form with Automatic Geocoding" gives you those same numbers? Go to /cmsAdmin/admin.php?_pluginName=geocoder&_pluginAction=examples&filename=sample_form.php and enter "LS2 9JT" in the box. What numbers appear when you click Submit Form?
The numbers I get are (53.809626, -1.5537741), which are really close to your Google numbers. I get the same numbers whether I have no region set, 'uk', or 'gb'.
P.S. Google says you should use 'uk' instead of 'gb' as your region.
Chris
Re: [chris] Geocoder: Problem with generated geocode
By gadefgaertgqe - December 10, 2010 - edited: December 10, 2010
Region setting was wrong. What was I thinking putting in GB?
I thought I had read it, but on going back it definatly says UK.
My bad and thanks for helping out :)
Have a great weekend!
Paul
Re: [Pixels & Beats] Geocoder: Problem with generated geocode
"The region parameter accepts Unicode region subtag identifiers which (generally) have a one-to-one mapping to country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs). Most Unicode region identifiers are identical to ISO 3166-1 codes, with some notable exceptions. For example, Great Britain's ccTLD is "uk" (corresponding to the domain .co.uk) while its region identifier is "GB."
DOH!
Wonder what it thought GB was and why it had a shifting effect.....
Paul
Re: [Pixels & Beats] Geocoder: Problem with generated geocode
By Chris - December 10, 2010
I had to read that section a few times myself. :)
Glad to hear that fixed your lats and lngs!
Chris