Re: [Semediawiki-user] How to handle markerclustered maps with multiple items on the exact same coordinate

[Joel N. <joe...@gm...>]

While we wait for cached geocoding in Maps/Semantic Maps, here's a
workaround using ExternalData

{{#get_web_data:url=
http://api.geonames.org/search?q=Berlin&maxRows=1&username=<USERNAME>
|format=XML
|data=geonameLat=/geonames/geoname/lat,geonameLng=/geonames/geoname/lng
|use xpath|cache seconds= 172800 }}

{{#set:Has Coordinates= {{#external_value:geonameLat}},
{{#external_value:geonameLng}} }}


where <USERNAME> is your geonames login with the free API service enabled.

Note that with "cache seconds" set to 2 days, this should help you stay
below the geonames daily limit.

Best,
Joel


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On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Jeroen De Dauw <jer...@gm...>
wrote:

> Hey,
>
> BTW, I noticed that with a lot of geocoding, you eventually hit the quota
>> limit on the geocoders, especially during Template development which can
>> generates hundreds of geocoding requests per edit.  It seems to be a
>> recurring thread for people using Maps.
>>
>> Is there any thought/opinion of caching geocoding requests, perhaps in
>> MemCache?
>>
>
> https://github.com/JeroenDeDauw/Maps/issues?labels=geocoding
>
> Seems like something suitable for a GSoC project.
>
> Cheers
>
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