Question
Placename search - Webservice
Hi,
I am trying to get my head around implementing a placename search i.e. rightmove.co.uk where a user types in a uk town name and within X miles and it queries my properties database that includes longitude and latitude for each property. (ASP.NET VB script)
I have found the geonames websevice which appears to be exactly what i am after:
http://ws.geonames.org/postalCodeSearch?placename=[placename
This returns me the long and lat of the chosen town. In theory I should then be able to do an SQL query to display to just show properties within a bounding box.
Has anyone succesfully done this here? as I am quite new to this and don't really know where to start.
Should I have a search page with a textfield [placename] that gets submitted through a session variable that directs to a results page that queries the webservice???? I am confusing myself.!!!
As much info as poss would be a great help. thanks in advance
I am trying to get my head around implementing a placename search i.e. rightmove.co.uk where a user types in a uk town name and within X miles and it queries my properties database that includes longitude and latitude for each property. (ASP.NET VB script)
I have found the geonames websevice which appears to be exactly what i am after:
http://ws.geonames.org/postalCodeSearch?placename=[placename
This returns me the long and lat of the chosen town. In theory I should then be able to do an SQL query to display to just show properties within a bounding box.
Has anyone succesfully done this here? as I am quite new to this and don't really know where to start.
Should I have a search page with a textfield [placename] that gets submitted through a session variable that directs to a results page that queries the webservice???? I am confusing myself.!!!
As much info as poss would be a great help. thanks in advance
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