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Telogis.GeoBase.POI

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POI Class

A description of a point of interest returned by the server, grouping additional information about it such as name and phone number.

JavaScript
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// Create a BoundingBox in Los Angeles
var QueryBox = new Telogis.GeoBase.BoundingBox(
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.893487,-118.252747),
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.886426,-118.234481)
);

var list = '';
var myQuery = ''; // An empty string or null returns all POIs.
// Also accepts partial matches to POI names (not types), for example 'Airport' or 'Museum'.
// Or a full name, such as 'Acme Fish Market' or 'Tasty Cupcakes By Angelo'.

// Query every POI within the BoundingBox
Telogis.GeoBase.DataQuery.queryPOI(QueryBox, null, myQuery, function (result) {
    for (var i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
        var checkFood = result[i].getFoodType();
        if (checkFood == 'UNKNOWN'){
            checkFood = ' Unknown (this POI does not serve food, or the food available is unknown)';
        }
        list +=  '' + result[i].getName() +
        ' at ' + result[i].getLocation() +
        ' is a POI of type ' +
        result[i].getType() + '\n' +
        ' -- POI summary with phone number: ' + result[i].toString() + '\n' +
        ' -- POI food type: ' + checkFood + '\n' ;
    } alert (list);
}, function (error) {alert(error)});
Functions
NameDescription
getFoodType ()

Gets the type of food served at the point of interest, if it is an eatery.

JavaScript
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// Create a BoundingBox in Los Angeles
var QueryBox = new Telogis.GeoBase.BoundingBox(
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.893487,-118.252747),
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.886426,-118.234481)
);

var list = '';

// Query every POI within the BoundingBox
Telogis.GeoBase.DataQuery.queryPOI(QueryBox, null, null, function (result) {
    for (var i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
        list +=  '' + result[i].getName() + ' sells food type: ' + result[i].getFoodType() + '\n';
    } alert (list);
});
Returns

String - A code representing the food type of the POI, if applicable.

getLocation ()

Gets the location of the point of interest.

JavaScript
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// Create a BoundingBox in Los Angeles
var QueryBox = new Telogis.GeoBase.BoundingBox(
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.893487,-118.252747),
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.886426,-118.234481)
);

var list = '';

// Query every POI within the BoundingBox
Telogis.GeoBase.DataQuery.queryPOI(QueryBox, null, null, function (result) {
    for (var i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
        list +=  '' + result[i].getName() + ' is located at ' + result[i].getLocation() + '\n';
    } alert (list);
});
Returns

LatLon - The latitude-longitude coordinates describing where the POI is situated.

getName ()

Gets the name of the point of interest.

JavaScript
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// Create a BoundingBox in Los Angeles
var QueryBox = new Telogis.GeoBase.BoundingBox(
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.893487,-118.252747),
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.886426,-118.234481)
);

var list = '';

// Query every POI within the BoundingBox
Telogis.GeoBase.DataQuery.queryPOI(QueryBox, null, null, function (result) {
    for (var i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
        list +=  'POI found in BoundingBox: ' + result[i].getName() + '\n';
    } alert (list);
});
Returns

String - The POI's name.

getType ()

Finds the POIType code representing the type of the point of interest.

JavaScript
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// Create a BoundingBox in Los Angeles
var QueryBox = new Telogis.GeoBase.BoundingBox(
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.893487,-118.252747),
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.886426,-118.234481)
);

var list = '';

// Query every POI within the BoundingBox
Telogis.GeoBase.DataQuery.queryPOI(QueryBox, null, null, function (result) {
    for (var i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
        var TypeValue = Telogis.GeoBase.POIType[result[i].getType()];
        list +=  'POI ' + result[i].getName() + ' is of type ' + result[i].getType() + ' (POIType value '+TypeValue +')\n';
    } alert (list);
});
Returns

String - The POI's type.

toString ()

Finds a string representation of the point of interest, comprising information about its name and phone number (if available).

JavaScript
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// Create a BoundingBox in Los Angeles
var QueryBox = new Telogis.GeoBase.BoundingBox(
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.893487,-118.252747),
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.886426,-118.234481)
);

var list = '';

// Query every POI within the BoundingBox
Telogis.GeoBase.DataQuery.queryPOI(QueryBox, null, null, function (result) {
    for (var i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
        list +=  'POI summary: ' + result[i].toString() + '\n';
    } alert (list);
});
Returns

String - A string of the form '$name ($phone)'.

Properties
NameTypeDescription
getPhoneNumberString

Gets the phone number associated with the point of interest.

JavaScript
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// Create a BoundingBox in Los Angeles
var QueryBox = new Telogis.GeoBase.BoundingBox(
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.893487,-118.252747),
    new Telogis.GeoBase.LatLon(33.886426,-118.234481)
);

var list = '';

// Query every POI within the BoundingBox
Telogis.GeoBase.DataQuery.queryPOI(QueryBox, null, null, function (result) {
    for (var i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
        list +=  'The phone number of ' + result[i].getName() + ' is ' + result[i].getPhoneNumber() + '\n';
    } alert (list);
});