Method GeocodeDeveloper

src/geotools.cpp:174–321

Geocode using NREL Developer API (MapQuest) for NREL builds of SAM

// Geocode using NREL Developer API (MapQuest) for NREL builds of SAM
bool GeoTools::GeocodeDeveloper(const wxString& address, double* lat, double* lon, double* tz, bool showprogress) {
    wxBusyCursor _curs;

    bool success = false;

    wxString plusaddr = address;
    plusaddr.Replace(", ", "+");
    plusaddr.Replace(",", "+");
    plusaddr.Replace("   ", " ");
    plusaddr.Replace("  ", " ");
    plusaddr.Replace(" ", "+");

    wxString url = SamApp::WebApi("nrel_geocode_api") + "&location=" + plusaddr;
    url.Replace("<GEOCODEAPIKEY>", wxString(geocode_api_key));

    wxEasyCurl curl;
    wxBusyCursor curs;
    
    // SAM issue 1968 
    curl.AddHttpHeader("Content-Type: application/json");
    curl.AddHttpHeader("Accept: application/json");

    if (showprogress) {
        if (!curl.Get(url, "Geocoding address '" + address + "'..."))
            return false;
    }
    else {
        if (!curl.Get(url))
            return false;
    }
 
    // change from UTF8 to UTF16 encoding to address unicode characters per SAM issue 1848
    rapidjson::GenericDocument < rapidjson::UTF16<> > reader;
    wxString str = curl.GetDataAsString();

    rapidjson::ParseResult ok = reader.Parse(str.c_str());

    if (!reader.HasParseError()) {
        if (reader.HasMember(L"results")) {
            if (reader[L"results"].IsArray()) {
                if (reader[L"results"][0].HasMember(L"locations")) {
                    if (reader[L"results"][0][L"locations"].IsArray()) {
                        if (reader[L"results"][0][L"locations"][0].HasMember(L"latLng")) {
                            if (reader[L"results"][0][L"locations"][0][L"latLng"].HasMember(L"lat")) {
                                if (reader[L"results"][0][L"locations"][0][L"latLng"][L"lat"].IsNumber()) {
                                    *lat = reader[L"results"][0][L"locations"][0][L"latLng"][L"lat"].GetDouble();
                                    if (reader[L"results"][0][L"locations"][0][L"latLng"].HasMember(L"lng")) {
                                        if (reader[L"results"][0][L"locations"][0][L"latLng"][L"lng"].IsNumber()) {
                                            *lon = reader[L"results"][0][L"locations"][0][L"latLng"][L"lng"].GetDouble();
                                            success = true; // only if lat and lon are numbers
                                        }
                                    }

                                }
                            }
                         }
                    }
                }