geocoding

Hi guys!

I'm in need of the perfect location selector to efficiently geocode lots of my data. Are any of you guys working on something that might be useful? We should be able to 1. Input place names 2. Input addresses 3. Place pin on map -- to get lat/long out at the other end.

I am trying to create a map of node locations, but only for nodes of type Event and Event with Volunteer Timeslots. I've got Location and GMap configured with the API key in all the right places. I'm using the latest dev releases of these modules.

However, when I create a new event node with location data, no geocoding occurs. If I query the location table, I can see my node with the correct location, but the latitude and longitude fields are null.

I looked at location.module in the location_nodeapi() function. Around line 842, I see:

As discussed in IRC, September 10, 2007

• A. Geocoding / Address Storage
• B. Geospatial
• C. Data Entry
• D. Data Searching
• E. Data Visualization
• F. GeoRSS / KML / GML
• G. Web Feature Service

I am working on a large Drupal project for an anthropology program at my university, which is both a research tool (a means to enter and catalog information) and a teaching tool (anthro students can search the data and do 'virtual visual ethnography,' compiling field research to write their own paper). Anyway, cool concept, very powerful... ummm... 25,000 nodes and counting.

However, I can't map any of it easily because Google Maps has little to no road data on Mexico, and geocoding is not an option (besides, most people in these villages don't have addresses).

Hi,

I am cross-posting this with the support forum (http://drupal.org/node/158052) as I didn't get an answer there. If anyone can point me in the right direction, or at least let me know if geocoding node locations is possible I'd be greatly appriciative.

I'm looking for some speculation and setting-straight. If you look at the links below, you see that the developer has used the Google Maps API to mark a polygon.

http://www.chicagocrime.org/zipcodes/60601/
More info: http://www.holovaty.com/blog/archive/2005/05/31/0225

I understand from the README that this is not currently built into gmap. Have I got this right?
Thanks

Boris suggested I cross-post this here (originally posted http://drupal.org/node/69957)

We are building out functionality to allow multiple locations associated with a content node. The idea is to make location nodes, changing nothing to the location module, but making a new module which will facilitate in the creation of and association between location nodes to their content nodes.

Google Maps API has added the ability to Geocode (translate addresses into lat/long's). I am trying to figure out how I should incorporate it into the GMap.module.

I am thinking that maybe I will add a php function gmap_geocode($address) and also add a javascript function to gmap.js gmapGeocode(address) so that geocoding can be done either server side or client side depending on the application.

Initially at least these functions will just be API functions. Hopefully, I can find some time to to some changes to the macrocreator and I will incoroprate the add point at address into that.