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Google AJAX API and pulling in IP county and state

by johlum
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Was wondering anyone had success pulling in the state of the person hitting a web page using (google.loader.ClientLocation.address.region) and getting the state name not abbreviated?

I get HI, but want Hawaii.

Can it be done?

Thanks

Ernie
#ajax #api #county #google #pulling #state
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    Originally Posted by johlum View Post

    Was wondering anyone had success pulling in the state of the person hitting a web page using (google.loader.ClientLocation.address.region) and getting the state name not abbreviated?

    I get HI, but want Hawaii.

    Can it be done?

    Thanks

    Ernie
    Region is universally coded as the two character abbreviation, even in non-Google databases like this one: http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoi...iteCity.dat.gz.

    The best you can do is take the region value and compare it against an array of state names, where the 2 character region is the key, and use the returned value.

    Code:
           = array
      (
      'AL'=>"Alabama",  
      'AK'=>"Alaska",  
      'AZ'=>"Arizona",  
      'AR'=>"Arkansas",  
      'CA'=>"California",  
      'CO'=>"Colorado",  
      'CT'=>"Connecticut",  
      'DE'=>"Delaware",  
      'DC'=>"District Of Columbia",  
      'FL'=>"Florida",  
      'GA'=>"Georgia",  
      'HI'=>"Hawaii",  
      'ID'=>"Idaho",  
      'IL'=>"Illinois",  
      'IN'=>"Indiana",  
      'IA'=>"Iowa",  
      'KS'=>"Kansas",  
      'KY'=>"Kentucky",  
      'LA'=>"Louisiana",  
      'ME'=>"Maine",  
      'MD'=>"Maryland",  
      'MA'=>"Massachusetts",  
      'MI'=>"Michigan",  
      'MN'=>"Minnesota",  
      'MS'=>"Mississippi",  
      'MO'=>"Missouri",  
      'MT'=>"Montana",
      'NE'=>"Nebraska",
      'NV'=>"Nevada",
      'NH'=>"New Hampshire",
      'NJ'=>"New Jersey",
      'NM'=>"New Mexico",
      'NY'=>"New York",
      'NC'=>"North Carolina",
      'ND'=>"North Dakota",
      'OH'=>"Ohio",  
      'OK'=>"Oklahoma",  
      'OR'=>"Oregon",  
      'PA'=>"Pennsylvania",  
      'RI'=>"Rhode Island",  
      'SC'=>"South Carolina",  
      'SD'=>"South Dakota",
      'TN'=>"Tennessee",  
      'TX'=>"Texas",  
      'UT'=>"Utah",  
      'VT'=>"Vermont",  
      'VA'=>"Virginia",  
      'WA'=>"Washington",  
      'WV'=>"West Virginia",  
      'WI'=>"Wisconsin",  
      'WY'=>"Wyoming"
   );
    Code:
     
     
      
     
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                                                Thanks!
       
      
Now I just need to figure out how to insert this array in my javasacript. :-)
       
      
Ernie
                                    
        
       
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        Originally Posted by johlum  View Post  
         
         
        Thanks!
         
        
Now I just need to figure out how to insert this array in my javasacript. :-)
         
        
Ernie
                 		 
         
         
        
That's a PHP array. JavaScript isn't going to like it much. I was illustrating the solution and I ASSumed PHP.
         
        
I know how to do that array in JS.
                                    
          
         
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        Originally Posted by johlum  View Post  
         
         
        Now I just need to figure out how to insert this array in my javasacript. :-)
        
Ernie
                 		 
         
         
        
Try this
         
         
        HTML Code:
         
        <script type="text/javascript">

var states = {};
states["AL"] = "Alabama";
states["AK"] = "Alaska";
states["AZ"] = "Arizona";
states["AR"] = "Arkansas";
states["CA"] = "California";
states["CO"] = "Colorado";
states["CT"] = "Connecticut";
states["DE"] = "Delaware";
states["DC"] = "District Of Columbia";
states["FL"] = "Florida";
states["GA"] = "Georgia";
states["HI"] = "Hawaii";
states["ID"] = "Idaho";
states["IL"] = "Illinois";
states["IN"] = "Indiana";
states["IA"] = "Iowa";
states["KS"] = "Kansas";
states["KY"] = "Kentucky";
states["LA"] = "Louisiana";
states["ME"] = "Maine";
states["MD"] = "Maryland";
states["MA"] = "Massachusetts";
states["MI"] = "Michigan";
states["MN"] = "Minnesota";
states["MS"] = "Mississippi";
states["MO"] = "Missouri";
states["MT"] = "Montana",
states["NE"] = "Nebraska",
states["NV"] = "Nevada",
states["NH"] = "New Hampshire",
states["NJ"] = "New Jersey",
states["NM"] = "New Mexico",
states["NY"] = "New York",
states["NC"] = "North Carolina",
states["ND"] = "North Dakota",
states["OH"] = "Ohio";
states["OK"] = "Oklahoma";
states["OR"] = "Oregon";
states["PA"] = "Pennsylvania";
states["RI"] = "Rhode Island";
states["SC"] = "South Carolina";
states["SD"] = "South Dakota",
states["TN"] = "Tennessee";
states["TX"] = "Texas";
states["UT"] = "Utah";
states["VT"] = "Vermont";
states["VA"] = "Virginia";
states["WA"] = "Washington";
states["WV"] = "West Virginia";
states["WI"] = "Wisconsin";
states["WY"] = "Wyoming";


function getState( theState ) {
    s = "";
    if( theState in states ) {
        s = states[theState];
    }
    return s;
}

myState = "TX";

document.write( getState(myState) );

</script>
         
        HTH
         
        
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                                                Thanks.
           
          
Lisa solved this for me.
           
          
Highly recommend her services.
           
          
Ernie
                                    
            
           
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