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okfn / timemapper

Create and share elegant timelines and timemaps fast
http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/
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issue with place automatic completion #182

Closed ivandps closed 8 years ago

ivandps commented 8 years ago

it seems this code in spreadsheet does not function anymore...

=JOIN(",", ImportXML(CONCATENATE("http://open.mapquestapi.com/nominatim/v1/search?format=xml&q=",F3), "//place[1]/@lat | //place[1]/@lon"))

danfowler commented 8 years ago

Hi @ivandps, you might consider this version of the API which has a different usage policy and no requirement for an API key: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim

For more info on why the code doesn't function anymore: http://devblog.mapquest.com/2015/08/17/mapquest-free-open-license-updates-and-changes/

Kent-Gerber commented 8 years ago

@ivandps and @danfowler I used the Nominatim wiki to reconfigure the API in the spreadsheet (indicated in bold) and it works now - =JOIN(",", ImportXML(CONCATENATE("http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search/?format=xml&q=",J2), "//place[1]/@lat | //place[1]/@lon"))

danfowler commented 8 years ago

Thanks so much @Kent-Gerber! I've updated the example spreadsheet with the updated API call.