I really know almost nothing about web sites, API, etc. Could anyone
suggest someone I might hire to put this functionality into my stack?
Again, I need to be able to retrieve the drive time between two zip
codes or two cities.
Thanks,
Fred
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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:32:15 +0100
From: "David Bovill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with put URL and websites
To: "How to use Revolution" <[email protected]>
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Fred - I'd agree with Scott and look at doing this with a supported
API
rather than screen scraping. Downaside is you need to understand
the API -
upside is there are lots of people who can help on various lists
and the
API's are relatively stable as the big boys try not to break them as
developers depend on them. With Screen Scraping you are at the
mercy of the
graphic designer.
I have not done much with the Google Maps API and Rev - but a quick
loo
indicated it should be possible:
-
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/
reference.html#GDirections(getDuration())
- http://www.mercatorgeosystems.com/content/view/33/1/ (seem to
have a
free API)
- http://www.tufat.com/docs/distance/ (an app done in php using
Google
API?)
I have found the yahoo Maps API much easier for a Rev app to call -
at least
for geocoding (http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/rest/V1/
geocode.html), but as
of yet I have not figured out how to use Google Maps except to
create web
pages with javascript - this would mean creating a web page that
produces a
simple drive time table and fetching the url to this page in Rev.
Hope this is useful and llet us know how you get on!
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