Skip, have you tried the Google geocoding web service? Give it an address or landmark, and get back latitude/longitude coordinates.
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/start Fairly simple to get into, a snap to implement in LiveCode, and free until you exceed a certain number of accesses. Devin On Apr 3, 2020, at 12:50 PM, Skip Kimpel via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Good afternoon LC'ers (evening to some), Enjoyed the Zoom chat today and it was good to see all of your faces again. It has been way too long. Over the past couple of years I have been sidetracked from LC as I have not had the need to be as hands on as I once was. Now, however, I am forced to pull out skill sets and take on projects / challenges that I have not done in quite some time. Actually, it is quite exhilarating. I won't get into details about the project as a whole right now (but I can't wait to share it with you all when it is done) but I have a challenge that involves mapping and coordinates and I am trying to wrap my head around how to accomplish it. I have delivery zones built in Google Earth and I have delivery addresses. I need to run through the list of delivery addresses to determine which delivery zone they fall in. Sounds simple (or maybe not) but I can't figure out how to work out the coordinates of the address and filter it within the perimeter coordinates of the zone. Hopefully I explained this clearly. I realize I will probably have to first run the delivery addresses against some database that will give me GPS coordinates which I can then use against my delivery zone kml data. Has anybody done this before? Any suggestions? As always, your input is GREATLY appreciated :) Best regards, SKIP KIMPEL _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode Devin Asay Director Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
