Comments on: More on customary proximity http://www.mysociety.org/2005/12/01/more-on-customary-proximity/ Relentless user-focus on civic websites Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Niketa http://www.mysociety.org/2005/12/01/more-on-customary-proximity/comment-page-1/#comment-72102 Niketa Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:34:00 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=96#comment-72102 can i get nearby locations like schools, restaurants, hospitals etc from this web services ? and how ? Actually i have tried "find_places" function but its not give result. can i get nearby locations like schools, restaurants, hospitals etc from this web services ? and how ?
Actually i have tried “find_places” function but its not give result.

]]> By: Francis Irving http://www.mysociety.org/2005/12/01/more-on-customary-proximity/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Francis Irving Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:54:54 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=96#comment-1237 There aren't any libraries, but you're welcome to write one if you think it'll help. Gaze only uses very simple URL based queries, which most languages these days support out the box, so it only needs something very light for an API. One function call would probably do. There aren’t any libraries, but you’re welcome to write one if you think it’ll help. Gaze only uses very simple URL based queries, which most languages these days support out the box, so it only needs something very light for an API. One function call would probably do.

]]> By: Ed http://www.mysociety.org/2005/12/01/more-on-customary-proximity/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 Ed Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:42:09 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=96#comment-1067 are there any libraries for accessing the API. would you like us to write one? many thanks for this great service are there any libraries for accessing the API. would you like us to write one?

many thanks for this great service

]]> By: Chris Lightfoot http://www.mysociety.org/2005/12/01/more-on-customary-proximity/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Chris Lightfoot Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:01:08 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=96#comment-410 CIESIN (more <a href="http://www.mysociety.org/?p=95" rel="nofollow">here</a>); in many ways the Landscan data would be better (because they have better resolution in places where GPW's is poor), but I believe that the licence terms for Landscan would prohibit our using it (I've asked ORNL whether this interpretation is correct, but haven't yet received a response). CIESIN (more here); in many ways the Landscan data would be better (because they have better resolution in places where GPW’s is poor), but I believe that the licence terms for Landscan would prohibit our using it (I’ve asked ORNL whether this interpretation is correct, but haven’t yet received a response).

]]> By: W. F. Zimmerman http://www.mysociety.org/2005/12/01/more-on-customary-proximity/comment-page-1/#comment-409 W. F. Zimmerman Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:03:04 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=96#comment-409 Are you using CIESIN or LandScan data for the population density? Are you using CIESIN or LandScan data for the population density?

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