Ryan's quick Yahoo geocoder in as3

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Ryan's quick Yahoo geocoder in as3

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Last edited Jan 26, 2010

Created on Jan 26, 2010

This example shows how to convert a free-form place name into latitude and longitude coordinates using the Yahoo Geocoding API. The MapUtil class defines a `geocode` method that sends a text query to Yahoo's MapsService endpoint and maps the returned XML response to a location object. It uses the `URLLoader` and `URLRequest` classes for asynchronous HTTP requests, and parses the response with the XML parser and Namespace handling. The resulting coordinates are passed to a callback function, enabling geocoding within a Flash-based mapping application.

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