If you view the submit a job page (http://cl.ly/2t2p2e1928281j0h3F30) you can see that when entering a location the jobroller theme uses the Google maps API to look up the exact location. The relevant code is in theme-geolocation.php. It then stores the location as latitude and longitude values in two custom fields (_jr_geo_latitude & _jr_geo_longitude), which is used when searching locations.
I am importing jobs manually that have a location as a text string but do not have a latitude/longitude value. I'd like to write a function that looks up the lat & long via the Google Maps API when each job is imported, just like when a job is submitted on the website. Because the theme already does this I figure I should be able to hook into that same function in theme-geolocation.php. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Is this a simple task or does it involve a lot of coding work?
Using Google maps API to look up lat/long
Reply With Quote