Monday 3 December 2007

Submitting new Locations (Venues) and Geo-coding them now made easier

Submitting new locations to DanceWeb using the DirMan system has been substantially improved. The application now allows Editors to see the position of an existing venue on a map within the same page. The position can then be corrected or refined just by scrolling the map and clicking. For new and existing locations the address information can be converted to a geo-location (Latitude and Longitude) using either the full address (including post/zip code), or just using the post/zip code. This choice allows Editors to choose the method that is most accurate and appropriate, and is useful because the accuracy of the full address geo-coding provided by our agent (Google) varies from country to country, as does the accuracy of the post/zip code geo-coding.

John Walton
Webmaster
http://www.danceweb.co.uk/

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