Google AJAX API and pulling in IP county and state

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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
#programming #ajax #api #county #google #pulling #state
  • 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"
   );
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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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