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Retrieve the Latitude and Longitude values from the Census geocoding API
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| <!doctype html> | |
| <html lang="en"> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta charset="utf-8"> | |
| <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.2.min.js"></script> | |
| <style> | |
| body { | |
| background: MediumAquaMarine; | |
| } | |
| </style> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <input type="text" id="address"> | |
| <input type="submit" value="GEOCODE!" onclick="geocode();"> | |
| <script> | |
| function geocode() { | |
| var address = document.getElementById('address').value; | |
| $.ajax({ | |
| url: 'http://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/locations/onelineaddress?address='+address+'&benchmark=4&format=jsonp', | |
| dataType: 'jsonp', | |
| success: function(response) { | |
| // using the response, we can grab the latitude and longitude | |
| // using javascript's dot syntax to cyphen through the returned | |
| // json object | |
| var latitude = response.result.addressMatches[0].coordinates.x; | |
| var longitude = response.result.addressMatches[0].coordinates.y; | |
| console.log('Latitude: ' + latitude); | |
| console.log('Longitude: ' + longitude); | |
| }, | |
| error: function(error) { | |
| console.log(error); | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| return false; | |
| } | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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