Question

I am trying to parse out a Reverse Geo-location using Bing Maps.

http://www.microsoft.com/maps/isdk/ajax/
Find Information > Reverse Find

If you look at the code, when you look up an address, you get this back

function _f1300044038369() {
    return {
        "d": {
            "__type": "Microsoft.VirtualEarth.Engines.Core.Geocoding.ReverseGeocodeResponse",
            "Results": [{
                "Name": "SW 35th Ave, Tualatin, OR 97062",
                "Type": 0,
                "BestLocation": {
                    "Precision": 0,
                    "Coordinates": {
                        "Latitude": 45.378872752189636,
                        "Longitude": -122.71288096904755
                    }
                },
                "Locations": [{
                    "Precision": 0,
                    "Coordinates": {
                        "Latitude": 45.378872752189636,
                        "Longitude": -122.71288096904755
                    }
                }],
                "BestView": {
                    "NorthEastCorner": {
                        "Latitude": 45.382735469760313,
                        "Longitude": -122.70554921472814
                    },
                    "SouthWestCorner": {
                        "Latitude": 45.37501003461896,
                        "Longitude": -122.72021272336696
                    },
                    "Type": 0,
                    "Center": {
                        "Latitude": 45.378872884129805,
                        "Longitude": -122.71288096904755
                    }
                },
                "Shape": null,
                "Address": {
                    "AddressLine": "SW 35th Ave",
                    "Locality": "Tualatin",
                    "PostalTown": "",
                    "District": "",
                    "AdminDistrict": "OR",
                    "PostalCode": "97062",
                    "CountryRegion": "United States",
                    "FormattedAddress": "SW 35th Ave, Tualatin, OR 97062"
                },
                "CountryRegion": 244,
                "MatchConfidence": 1,
                "MatchCode": 1
            }],
            "ResponseSummary": {
                "Copyright": "Copyright © 2011 Microsoft and its suppliers. All rights reserved. This API cannot be accessed and the content and any results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner without express written permission from Microsoft Corporation.",
                "StatusCode": 0,
                "AuthResultCode": 0,
                "ErrorMessage": null,
                "TraceId": "dc1c3b20-6345-484c-9662-4df504d8977e|SN1M001054"
            }
        }
    }.d;
}
if (typeof closeDependency !== 'undefined') {
    closeDependency('1300044038369');
}

The code I currently use parses the “Name” into it’s sections so that I can use it elsewhere.

function GetResults(locations) {
    if (locations) {
        for (var i = 0; i < locations.length; i++) {
            s = locations[i].Name;
            //
            var addressSplit = s.split(", ");
            addresscode = addressSplit[0]
            citycode = addressSplit[1]
            statezip = addressSplit[2]
            country = addressSplit[3]
            var statezipSplit = statezip.split(" ");
            statecode = statezipSplit[0];
            zipcode = statezipSplit[1];
            var loc_array = new Array();
            loc_array[0] = addresscode;
            loc_array[1] = citycode;
            loc_array[2] = statecode;
            loc_array[3] = zipcode;
            window.locationArray = loc_array;
        }
    }

I want to change the above code to use the section that has the addressline, location, postaltown, etc already.

Answer 1

function GetResults(locations) {
    var locations = locations.Results;
    if (locations) {
        for (var i = 0; i < locations.length; i++) {
            var addr = locations[i].Address,
                loc_array = new Array()
                addresscode, citycode, country, statecode, zipcode;
            //
            addresscode = addr.AddressLine;
            citycode = addr.Locality;
            country = addr.CountryRegion;
            statecode =addr.AdminDistrict;
            zipcode = addr.PostalCode;
            loc_array[0] = addresscode;
            loc_array[1] = citycode;
            loc_array[2] = statecode;
            loc_array[3] = zipcode;
            window.locationArray = loc_array;
        }
    }

That’ll do what you want. But it’s not very nice practise. First of all – if you have multiple locations, each will overwrite the other. Second, this pollutes the window namespace which is not recommended.