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Geo Extension
This extension provides geo data related functionality such as checking whether a given geo coordinate is within a predefined geo-fence, etc. Following are the functions of the Geo extension.
Geo Coordinates function
Syntax | <double, double, string> geocode (<string> location
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Extension Type | StreamProcessor |
Description | Transforms a location to its geo-coordinates ( longitude and latitude ) and formatted address. |
Example | geocode(duplication rd) returns the following data with adherring latitude, longitude, and formattedAddress attribute names respectively.6.8995244d, 79.8556202d, "R A De Mel Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka"
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Reverse Geocode Stream Function
Syntax | <object>geo:reversegeocode(<int,long,double,float>latitude, <int,long,double,float>longitude) |
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Extension Type | Stream Function Processor |
Description | Transforms latitude and longitude coordinates into precise address information. |
Parameters |
longitude : The input location specified in terms of longitude. |
Return | The output object contains an array of string properties including the However, all this information is not available for all the geo coordinates. For example, if the latitude and longitude represent a place in a forest, only the high level information such as the country is returned. N/A is returned for properties for which values cannot be obtained. |
Example | geo:reversegeocode(40.715229, -73.8564082) returns {"67-53", "Flushing", "Loubet Street", "Queens County", "New York", "United States", "US", "11375", "67-53 Loubet St, Flushing, NY 11375, USA"} |