address.js

  validateAddress : function(addr) {
    that = this;
    this.geocoder.geocode({'address': addr, 'region' : 'us'}, function(results, status){
      if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
        that.location_type = results[0]['geometry']['location_type'];
        if (that.isValidLocationType()) {
          that.followValidAddress();
          that.cur_google_suggestion = results[0].formatted_address;
        } else {
          // if it's not a valid address or zip, we'll *assume* it's a facility search
          // though this means no more inline sad msgs unless we can't geocode at all.
          that.followFacilitySearch();
        } 
      } else {
        that.notifyInvalid("We couldn't do your search. Please try again.");
      }
    });
  },
  
  isValidZip : function() {
    return !_.isNull(this.submittedAddr.match(/^[0-9]{5}$/));
  },
  
  isValidLocationType : function() {
    if (this.isValidZip()) {
      return true;
    } else if (this.location_type === "RANGE_INTERPOLATED" || this.location_type === "ROOFTOP" ) {
      return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  },

  submitAddress : function(e) {
    var that = this;
    e.preventDefault();
    that.submittedAddr = $("#search_address input").val();
    that.validateAddress(that.submittedAddr);
  },
  
  followValidAddress : function() {
    $("#address_search_form").submit();
  },
  
  followFacilitySearch : function() {
    $("#address_search_form").attr("action", RAILS_ROOT + 'search');
    $("#address_search_form").submit();
  },
  
  notifyInvalid : function(msg) {
    $("#search_notice").show().addClass("sad_msg").html("<p>" + msg + "<\/p>").delay(4000)
    .slideUp(100);  
  }