bug report in GoogleGeoCoder

[Lko]

Hi,

I found a bug in FromCoordinates method of GoogleGeoCoder class. When
you run the code under different culture setting then en-US (cs-CZ in
my case) you get "Input string was not in a correct format exception"
at line 66:
double longitude = double.Parse(coordinates[0]);

Possible fix:
private Location FromCoordinates(string[] coordinates)
{
CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo("en-US");
double longitude = double.Parse(coordinates[0],
(IFormatProvider)ci.NumberFormat);
double latitude = double.Parse(coordinates[1],
(IFormatProvider)ci.NumberFormat);
Location gpsCoordinates = new Location(latitude,
longitude);
return gpsCoordinates;
}

Please note I have not read the documentation of the Google GeoCoding
API so I only suppose the format of the returned coordinates is en-
US.

Thanks
Leos

[Chadly]

Thanks for the report, Leos. To be honest, I haven't done any work on
internationalization of the current code. Does it cause problems
anywhere else -- like when trying to geocode an address in a different
language? Or is the only issue you have encountered the number
format?

[Leos Jor]

I'm testing the geocoding using czech addresses and I've not encountered any other problems so far. I'll keep you informed if there are any other issues.
Thanks,
Leos

[Chadly]

Added test cases and fix for issue (http://code.google.com/p/geocoding-
net/issues/detail?id=3). Check latest source code for update.