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A MediaWiki extension that allows you to insert, edit, view and aggregate coordinate data
<?php

/**
 * File containing the MapsGeocoder class which handles the non specific geocoding tasks
 *
 * {{#geocode:<Address>|<param1>=<value1>|<param2>=<value2>}}
 * {{#geocodelat:<Address>|<param1>=<value1>|<param2>=<value2>}}
 * {{#geocodelng:<Address>|<param1>=<value1>|<param2>=<value2>}}
 *
 * @file Maps_Geocoder.php
 * @ingroup Maps
 *
 * @author Jeroen De Dauw
 * @author Sergey Chernyshev
 */

if( !defined( 'MEDIAWIKI' ) ) {
	die( 'Not an entry point.' );
}

final class MapsGeocoder {
	// TODO: some refactoring: the arrays containing the result should be generalized - currently only logical for the Google Geocoder service

	private static $mEnableCache = true;
	private static $mGeocoderCache = array();

	public static function renderGeocoder(&$parser, $address, $service = '', $mappingService = '') {
		$geovalues = MapsGeocoder::geocode($address, $service, $mappingService);
		return $geovalues ? $geovalues[2].', '.$geovalues[3] : '';
	}

	public static function renderGeocoderLat(&$parser, $address, $service = '') {
		$geovalues = MapsGeocoder::geocode($address, $service);
		return $geovalues ? $geovalues[2] : '';
	}

	public static function renderGeocoderLng(&$parser, $address, $service = '') {
		$geovalues = MapsGeocoder::geocode($address, $service);
		return $geovalues ? $geovalues[3] : '';
	}

	/**
	 * Geocode an address with the provided geocoding service
	 *
	 * @param unknown_type $address
	 * @param unknown_type $service
	 * @return unknown
	 */
	private static function geocode($address, $service, $mappingService) {
		global $egMapsAvailableGeoServices, $egMapsDefaultGeoService;
		
		// If the adress is already in the cache and the cache is enabled, return the coordinates
		if (self::$mEnableCache && array_key_exists($address, MapsGeocoder::$mGeocoderCache)) {
			return self::$mGeocoderCache[$address];
		}
		
		$service = self::getValidGeoService($service, $mappingService);

		// If not, use the selected geocoding service to geocode the provided adress
		switch(strtolower($service)) {
			case 'yahoo':
				self::addAutoloadClassIfNeeded('MapsYahooGeocoder', 'Maps_YahooGeocoder.php');
				$coordinates = MapsYahooGeocoder::geocode($address);
				break;
			default:
				self::addAutoloadClassIfNeeded('MapsGoogleGeocoder', 'Maps_GoogleGeocoder.php');
				$coordinates = MapsGoogleGeocoder::geocode($address);
				break;
		}

		// Add the obtained coordinates to the cache when there is a result and the cache is enabled
		if (self::$mEnableCache && isset($coordinates)) {
			MapsGeocoder::$mGeocoderCache[$address] = $coordinates;
		}

		return $coordinates;
	}

	private static function addAutoloadClassIfNeeded($className, $fileName) {
		global $wgAutoloadClasses, $egMapsIP;
		if (!array_key_exists($className, $wgAutoloadClasses)) $wgAutoloadClasses[$className] = $egMapsIP . '/Geocoders/' . $fileName;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Make sure that the geo service is one of the available
	 *
	 * @param unknown_type $service
	 * @return unknown
	 */
	private static function getValidGeoService($service, $mappingService) {
		global $egMapsAvailableGeoServices, $egMapsDefaultGeoService;
		
		if (strlen($service) < 1) {
			
			switch ($mappingService) {
				case 'googlemaps' :
					$service = 'google';
					break;
				case 'yahoomaps' :
					$service = 'yahoo';					
					break;	
				default :
					$service = $egMapsDefaultGeoService;
					break;
			}
			
		}
		else {
			if(!in_array($service, $egMapsAvailableGeoServices)) $service = $egMapsDefaultGeoService;
		}

		return $service;
	}	
}



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I am a free and open source software enthusiast and freelance software developer with multiple years of experience in both web and desktop development. Currently my primarily focus is on MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki work. I'm in the all time top 10 MediaWiki comitters and am one of the WikiWorks consultants. You can contact me at jeroendedauw at gmail for development jobs and questions related to my work.

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[0] http://www.jeroendedauw.com/
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