yahoo-mapping

How do I convert from a location (address) String to a YGeoPoint in Yahoo Maps API?

I have a list of addresses from a Database for which I'd like to put markers on a Yahoo Map. The addMarker() method on YMap takes a YGeoPoint, which requires a latitude and longitude. However, Yahoo Maps must know how to convert from addresses because drawZoomAndCenter(LocationType,ZoomLevel) can take an address. I could convert by using...

Avoid hanging when closing a Yahoo map with lots of markers

I have a Yahoo map with lots of markers (~500). The map performs well enough until I close the page, at which point it pauses (in Firefox) and brings up a "Stop running this script?" dialog (in IE7). If given long enough the script does complete its work. Is there anything I can do to reduce this delay? This stripped down code exhibits...

Calculate longitude/latitude

Given the following input: known longitudes/latitudes of 1..n locations known distance between locations 1..n and another location "m" How can I calculate the longitude/latitude of the location "m"? ...

Geocode multiple addresses

I need to geocode around 200 addresses per request and do around 3,000 request per day. I will be doing this server side using PHP. I have looked at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/98449/how-to-convert-an-address-to-a-latlon, but could not find a way for either Google Maps HTTP Request API or the Yahoo Geocoding REST API (cannot use J...

Inconsistent Loading Times for GeoRSS Overlay Between Firefox and IE

I have a very simple page built to display a map and overlay a line based on points in a GeoRSS XML file. Here is the publicly accessible file. http://68.178.230.189/georssimport.html Firefox is loading in about 5 secs, which is expected because there are a lot of points to map, but IE (6 & 7) is taking upwards of 45 secs to a minute. W...

jQuery read xml error

I am trying to write a simple location lookup call with jQuery and the yahoo maps service. i.e. A user puts a location into a search box and as they are tying jQuery calls a page on my site that returns the XML from yahoo. Geocode.aspx.cs protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { var url= "http://local.yahooapis.com/Ma...

Google equivalent to Yahoo Placemaker

Does Google has a service similar to Yahoo! Placemaker: Developers specify structured and unstructured content; feeds, web pages, news, status articles, etc. Placemaker identifies, disambiguates and extracts places Placemaker returns geographic metadata, which determines the whereness of structured and unstructured content ? Thanks ...

Using Latitude & Longitude to get a place with Yahoo

I am using Google Map API to add markers to a map when the user clicks a location on the map. I want to add an info window for the new marker when its clicked, the info window will be populated with details of the location. The Google map API returns the latitude and longitude so I just need a way of taking this info and getting a locat...

can't load/read yahoo geocode as xml and read it in jquery

Hi, I tried saving the result as an xml, when I read from there it works, but if I read it from yahoo's api, doesn't load anything. You can check it here here's my script $(document).ready(function(){ $.ajax({ type: "GET", url: "http://local.yahooapis.com/MapsService/V1/geocode?appid=YD-9G7bey8_JXxQP6rxl.fBFGgCdNjoDMACQA--&zip=100...

How to integrate Yahoo map in ASP.Net website

How to display yahoo static map in gridview if we pass address as query string? Also please tell how to display dynamic yahoo maps also. I have searched about yahoo maps and got the following links http://developer.yahoo.com/flash/maps/examples.html, http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/rest/V1/ and http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/. I did not...

How to integrate Yahoo static map in ASP.Net website

How to display yahoo static map in ASP.Net gridview control? The address for loading the map will be present in one of the columns of gridview and based on the address of each row the static map has to be displayed on each row. ...