The following worked fine for me: http://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/?bq=[item%20type:Housing][listing%20type:For%20Sale][location:%40%2B42.4648-083.6997..%40%2B42.56522-083.8051]
All I did was to remove one dot from your original url. Michael On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Jenn <slisj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks! > > However, when I just stick the link I gave above in a browser and > change it to 2 dots, I now get "Invalid query: cannot map type set to > a single type" > > I've switched the coordinates around a few times again (thinking I > gave them in the wrong order) but get that same error. > > Is there anything else wrong with that query that my glazed over eyes > are missing? > > Thanks, > Jenn > > On Jul 19, 12:44 am, Michael Hao <qmha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You seem to have three dots "..." between the two lat/long pairs. Change > to > > two dots ".." then it should work. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Jenn <slisj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I found in the help pages a quick blurb about using two lat/long > > > points to make a bounding box for the location (as opposed to setting > > > a geocode/address and radius) - it can be found here: > > >http://code.google.com/apis/base/docs/2.0/attrs-queries.html#LocDatQuer > > > > > I am using this with Google Maps so that is exactly what I want - only > > > showing the items within the part of my map being displayed. > > > > > However, I can't seem to get the query right - as I keep tweaking I > > > either get no results or an error that says > > > > > <errors> > > > <error type="request" reason="Invalid query: illegal area > > > specification; expected location"/> > > > </errors> > > > > > Here's my query: > > > > > > http://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/?bq=[item%20type:Housing][listing%20type:For%20Sale][location:%40%2B42.4648-083.6997...%40%2B42.56522-083.8051] > > > > > I have tried many things - switching if the North East corner or the > > > South West corner go first, switching lat and long order, taking off > > > decimal point, etc. On the ones that I KNOW are incorrect I get a 0 > > > results returned. On the queries I think are correct according to the > > > above documentation I get the error about illegal area specification. > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Google Base Data API" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > google-base-data-api@googlegroups.com > > > . > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > google-base-data-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-base-data-api%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com><google-base-data-api%2Bun > subscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-base-data-api?hl=en. > > > > --http://www.NeibEx.com > > - Explore Your Neighborhood > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Base Data API" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-base-data-api@googlegroups.com > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-base-data-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-base-data-api%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-base-data-api?hl=en. > > -- http://www.NeibEx.com - Explore Your Neighborhood -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Base Data API" group. To post to this group, send email to google-base-data-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-base-data-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-base-data-api?hl=en.
