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States list per country?

rshelby — GMT

Hi! First off, this service is amazing! I was wondering if there was a way with JavaScript to send geonames.org a country iso and have it send back a list of subdivisions? Thanks!!!

Re:States list per country?

russau — GMT

Have a look at this JSONP service: http://ws.geonames.org/childrenJSON?geonameId=3175395&callback=qwer More on JSONP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSONP#JSONP This allows the broswer to directly contact the geonames webservice.

Re:States list per country?

rshelby — GMT

I saw that, but you need the geonameID for that right? You can't just use "&country=US", can you?

Re:States list per country?

russau — GMT

Here's something I hacked up with jsonp and jquery: http://tinisles.com/samples/geonames_jsonp/ The country info file will give you all the country / geonameid mappings.

Re:States list per country?

rshelby — GMT

Thanks! And I just realized why I was confused. I forgot that my local import of countries was from a different (lesser than) source!

Re:States list per country?

marc — GMT

You can use the search service if you don't have the geonameId: view-source:http://ws.geonames.org/searchJSON?formatted=true&q=&maxRows=100&country=US&featureCode=ADM1

Re:States list per country?

rshelby — GMT

Awesome! One last quick question. My code, with that URL seems to come back with all regions, not just the regions in the country I passed to geonames. Code:

function get_states(country_element,state_element)
{
	countryElementIDHash = "#" + country_element;
	stateElementIDHash = "#" + state_element;
	$(stateElementIDHash).empty();
				var geonameId = $(countryElementIDHash).val();
				alert(geonameId);
				$.getJSON("http://ws.geonames.org/searchJSON?formatted=true&q=&maxRows=100&featureCode=ADM1",
					{ 'country=': $(countryElementIDHash).val() },
					function(data) {
						if (data.geonames == null) alert('No regions');
						$.each(data.geonames, function(i,item){
							$(stateElementIDHash).append($(''));
						});
					}
				);

}

When I look at firebug, it does pass the correct "country=". very strange!!

Re:States list per country?

russau — GMT

Ah.. you don't need the '=' after country; e.g. { 'country': $(countryElementIDHash).val() }, Also I thought you need to include the "&callback=?" in the URL? But you are seeing a result in firebug, so maybe not...