[SOLVED] Geofield Decoding One-Line Address

Posted by mastermindg on November 13, 2012 at 11:01pm

I'm trying to geocode an address onto an OpenLayer map. The address is in this format:

825 Rinehart Rd Lake Mary, FL 32746-4867

How can I convert this using Geofield and/or Geocoder?

Comments

Address_field module?

Posted by ejanus on November 13, 2012 at 11:21pm

Address_field module? http://drupal.org/project/addressfield

- Erek J

And then there was Drupal

Is there a way to decode a

Posted by mastermindg on November 14, 2012 at 2:05am

Is there a way to decode a text field? My content type is already configured with a text field for location.

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Change it?

Posted by ejanus on November 14, 2012 at 6:05pm

Change it?

- Erek J

And then there was Drupal

You can't change the field

Posted by mastermindg on November 14, 2012 at 6:28pm

You can't change the field type once it has data in it.

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I guess you could use some

Posted by ejanus on November 14, 2012 at 6:06pm

I guess you could use some php to break up the field but that sounds like a lot of work.

- Erek J

And then there was Drupal

I'm probably going to end up

Posted by mastermindg on November 14, 2012 at 6:30pm

I'm probably going to end up using Views PHP to geocode via Geocoder API. I'm looking at the API now.

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I ended up using Computed

Posted by mastermindg on November 14, 2012 at 9:01pm

I ended up using Computed Field to geocode my address:

$address = array_pop(array_pop(field_get_items($entity_type, $entity, 'field_location')));
$point = geocoder('google',$address);
$geoWKT = $point->out('wkt');
$entity_field[0]['value'] = $geoWKT;

This successfully gecodes my address to WKT.

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I highly recommend the book

Posted by mastermindg on November 14, 2012 at 9:48pm

I highly recommend the book "Mapping with Drupal". It's an essential resource for anybody who is wanting to create interactive maps on Drupal.

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Nice work!

Posted by ejanus on November 14, 2012 at 11:44pm

Nice work!

- Erek J

And then there was Drupal

Thanks for your help!

Posted by mastermindg on November 15, 2012 at 5:17am

Thanks for your help!

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