implementation of component filtering

[bananita]

Components filtering is really important feature of Google Geocoder API, because bounds are sometimes insufficient. For example query with London bounds:

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?bounds=51.417512%2C-0.271765%7C51.597274%2C0.016299&language=en&address=New%20York&sensor=true

will return New York, USA.
It happens because bounds are just suggestion.

The solution of this issue is using component filtering. Query below:

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?language=en&bounds=51.417512%2C-0.271765%7C51.597274%2C0.016299&components=locality%3ALondon%7Ccountry%3AGB&address=New%20York&sensor=true

will return expected results.

I've pushed implementation of constructors and class methods allowing component filtering.

Example of usage:

CLLocationCoordinate2D londonCenter =
CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(51.507393, -0.127733);


CLRegion* region = [[CLRegion alloc]
                    initCircularRegionWithCenter:londonCenter
                    radius:20000
                    identifier:@"London Region"];

id components = @{SVGeocoderComponentLocality: @"London",
                  SVGeocoderCountry: @"GB"};

[SVGeocoder geocode:@"New York" region:region components:components completion:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSHTTPURLResponse *urlResponse, NSError *error) {
    [placemarks enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(id obj, NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
        NSLog(@"%@", obj);
    }];
}];

Regards,
Michał

[lotz]

Thank Michał. I would definitely use this feature too.

[JanC]

will this be ever merged to the master ?