/// <summary>
/// Gets a list of geoname-objects by searching on its name
/// in either the database or the webservice
/// </summary>
/// <param name="locationName">Input search string</param>
/// <returns>List of geoName Objects</returns>
public List<GeoName> FindLocations(string locationName)
{
var locations = this._repository.QueryGeoNames().Where(g => g.name.Contains(locationName)).ToList();
if (locations.Count() == 0)
{
var webService = new GeoNamesWebService();
locations = webService.FindGeoNames(locationName);
foreach (var location in locations)
{
this._repository.Add(location);
}
// ...save the user in the database.
this._repository.Save();
return locations;
}
return locations;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the geoName object via the users location
/// For use with HTML5 Geolocation
/// </summary>
/// <param name="lat"></param>
/// <param name="lng"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public GeoName GetGeoNameByGeoLocation(string lat, string lng)
{
GeoNamesWebService geoNameWebservice = new GeoNamesWebService();
GeoName geoName = geoNameWebservice.FindGeoLocation(lat, lng);
if (this._repository.QueryGeoNames().Where(q => q.geoNameId == geoName.geoNameId).Count() == 0)
{
this._repository.Add(geoName);
this._repository.Save();
}
return geoName;
}