postal codes work offline but not online - faking geo-coding (South Aftrica, location.xx.inc and location.za.inc) [#335489]

I created a new location.za.inc file for South Africa.

I installed the zipcode database on my localhost and whan i enter the City, Province, and Postal code it geocodes the node to the correct lat/long.

I also managed to get the Mapquest link to work.

But when i install it on my web server it does not work, only the link from mapquest.

I did run some updates randomly on my local machine, now I don't know if that is what activated the zipcode geocoding.

Do you have to run an update when you install a new country. I installed the zipcodes using phpadmin locally.

Here is the location.za.inc file if you would like to take a look.
It has 1 new feature for South Africa.

Comment	File	Size	Author
	location.za_.txt	5.01 KB	vlooivlerke

Comments

Comment #1

vlooivlerke commented 18 November 2008 at 05:48

Ok I figured this out. This must be the worse Hack ever.

First i upload a location.za.inc file containing the script to geocode via geocode.com. In the location settings page (admin/settings/location/geocoding) i select geocode option for South Africa (does not exists for SA, I created a fake one). Then i save it. Then i remove the script from the location.za.inc file and resubmit it. When i visit my geocoding options (admin/settings/location/geocoding) it states there is no option to select for South Africa, but it states, geocode options already configured.

Now my postal codes work, by geocoding postal code level.

Where am i going wrong?

Cant we have a option to geocode via postal code level. (Radio Button)
Setting at: admin/settings/location/geocoding

Thanks Paul

Comment #2

vlooivlerke commented 18 November 2008 at 07:31

OK I figured it out.

To get South Africa postal codes to work, with the supplied location.za.inc file I changed the varible called

location_geocode_za - s:4:"none";

location_geocode_za - s:11:"geocoder|za";

Now it works.
This is a terrible hack.

Comment #3

nravens commented 24 March 2009 at 20:31

I didn't get this to work. I added the location.za.inc file to locations/supported folder is that correct?

what else do i need to do?

Comment #4

yesct commented 17 April 2009 at 14:07

Title:	postal codes work offline but not online	» postal codes work offline but not online - faking geo-coding (South Aftrica, location.xx.inc and location.za.inc)
Issue tags:		+location geo-coding

adding location.xx.inc so if someone has a similar problem, but not specifically for south africa, they might find this issue. Also tagging with geo-coding.