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Re: [LUG] location map

 

On 6 Nov 2007, at 20:55, Neil Williams wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:43:05 +0000
> "Robin Cornelius" <robin.cornelius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Time for a shameless plug...
>>
>> Don't forget the members map http://www.dclug.org.uk/linux_adm/ 
>> map.php
>>
>> Fill in your details in the members area and it updates it for you
>> (with a bit of randomness on the exact location because it was a bit
>> too close for comfort)
>
> One note on that - I've tweaked the script so that if geocoding fails,
> invalid values are not passed into the database. That should stop the
> map defaulting to somewhere in the Sahara. However, I suspect that  
> this
> only happens when people use incomplete or invalid postcodes. If  
> anyone
> gets a geocode error, try ensuring you pass a valid and complete
> postcode conforming to the expected format:
>
> [A-Z]?[A-Z][0-9]+\s[0-9][A-Z][A-Z]
>
> (all capitals, one or two letter prefix, one digit, one space, one
> digit, two character suffix).
>
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Neil,
I've tried several times, but no dice. I just get the geocoding error  
message. My post code is correct i.e. TQ1 3SB.
Help.
Clare


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