Where is that city?
Some time ago I downloaded a large database of cities around the world, with their geographical locations (latitude and longitude). Now that I'm writing an article on the eZ components for php|architect I was going to demo a small import script and a SOAP service that uses this information. But I didn't have the vagest clue where I got this database from, and what its license was.
What I did remember is that I read it somewhere on planet PHP and with some backtracing I found Henri's post which lead me to the site of MaxMind . This company provides a list of a few million cities including geo-coordinates. They provide it under a very nice license as well. In a few more days I'll be publishing the client so that you can use this Web service as well.
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Thanks for the info. I was just looking for such a database yesterday.
Now for the big question, will either Google or Yahoo go seriously international in their street maps?
They have .. try http://maps.google.co.uk/
Why SOAP? Use REST.
Later... I just wanted to play with the SOAP extension :)
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Updated a cafe
Specify street/place names to addresses
Specify bicycle parking capacities
Specify bicycle parking fees
Specify bicycle parking access
Specify whether crosswalks have tactile paving
Specify width of opening
Specify whether pitches are lit
Specify pitch surfaces
Specify whether pedestrian crossings have markings
Specify step counts
Survey tactile paving on steps
Specify whether steps have a ramp
Specify which way leads up for steps
Specify whether pedestrian crossings have islands
Specify whether pedestrian crossings have traffic signals
Determine roads lane count
Specify whether roads have lane markings
Survey if places still exist
Specify whether roads have sidewalks
Survey postbox collection times
Survey opening hours
Determine whether ATM allows depositing cash
Specify bicycle parkings covers
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