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MahoreLee

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Registered: 2015-08-27

Posts: 3

Plot address instead of lat and lng

Currently I convert the address to lat and lng in the backend (php) then plot the point with the code below.

var point = new MQA.Poi({ lat: result[i]['Lat'], lng: result[i]['Lng'] });
map.addShape(point);

How would I be able to plot the point with just an address rather than converting it myself.

stephan75

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Registered: 2008-05-28

Posts: 2,918

Re: Plot address instead of lat and lng

So you have an address and want to get coordinates to this?

Geocoding is the magic word ...

see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Search_engines for all known OSM based geocoding services and software.

MahoreLee

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Registered: 2015-08-27

Posts: 3

Re: Plot address instead of lat and lng

So you have an address and want to get coordinates to this?

Geocoding is the magic word ...

see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Search_engines for all known OSM based geocoding services and software.

No, that's what I'm already doing. "Currently I convert the address to lat and lng"

I want to plot the POI directly with an address without having to geocode myself.

MahoreLee

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Registered: 2015-08-27

Posts: 3

Re: Plot address instead of lat and lng

I finally found the answer: map.geocodeAndAddLocations('Denver CO');