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gov.nasa.worldwind.poi
Interface Gazetteer

All Known Implementing Classes:: YahooGazetteer

public interface Gazetteer

Interface to gazetteers.

Method Summary

List<PointOfInterest> findPlaces(String placeInfo)
Find places identified in a string of free text.

Method Detail

findPlaces

List<PointOfInterest> findPlaces(String placeInfo)
                                 throws NoItemException,
                                        ServiceException

Find places identified in a string of free text.

Parameters:: placeInfo - a string containing the place description.
Returns:: the points-of-interest that match the place description.
Throws:: NoItemException - if the place description cannot be matched.; ServiceException - if the lookup service is not available or invocation of it fails.