Re: [Semediawiki-user] Maps geocode and distance queries have died

[Jeroen De D. <jer...@gm...>]

Hey Neill,

> suspect the cause of this is perhaps the distance queries are using V2 of
the API and Google has pulled the plug on this. I'm told the fix for this
is pretty simple if this is the case.

If you are still using Maps 1.x, then it will indeed be using Google Maps
v2. I suggest you upgrade to Maps 2.x.

> I know distance queries are broken in Maps V2, so it would be best if
this was initially fixed for V1.05.

I'm not sure they are broken in the latest 2.x version. There was some
compatibility issue with SMWs SQLStore3, though this was fixed, and IIRC
backported to the 2.0.x branch. In any case, development is now happening
on 3.x. Attempting to fix something in 1.x because it is using an obsolete
service does not seem the most productive approach to providing a solid
version of the needed functionality.

SMW wiki is running an alpha version of Maps 3.x, and has distance queries
working (though the page is showing some evil warning)
https://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_Maps_examples/Distance_query

Cheers
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Jeroen De Dauw
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