Main challenge - making consistent the various options that publishers have for including location data.
Could do something like:
check area type against a list of known types
lookup area to a bigger list
for small areas (eg LA and below) - convert area to a point
plot point on the map.
But leaves question of what to do with larger areas, eg country. And perhaps Local Authority level shouldn't be converted to a point as they can cover a wide range.
Main challenge - making consistent the various options that publishers have for including location data.
Could do something like:
But leaves question of what to do with larger areas, eg country. And perhaps Local Authority level shouldn't be converted to a point as they can cover a wide range.
Maybe some kind of heat map/chloropleth instead?