Returns a distance in miles between two geo places. Parameters: place1 - place name (65 char max), state1 - 2 letter state code (not required for zip codes), place2 - place name (65 char max), state2 - 2 letter state code (not required for zip codes).
The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /geosvc_api/PlaceLookup.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: api.geosvc.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://skats.net/services/GetDistanceBetweenPlaces"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:tns="http://skats.net/services/" xmlns:types="http://skats.net/services/encodedTypes" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Header>
<tns:AuthenticationHeader>
<SessionID xsi:type="xsd:string">string</SessionID>
</tns:AuthenticationHeader>
</soap:Header>
<soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
<tns:GetDistanceBetweenPlaces>
<place1 xsi:type="xsd:string">string</place1>
<state1 xsi:type="xsd:string">string</state1>
<place2 xsi:type="xsd:string">string</place2>
<state2 xsi:type="xsd:string">string</state2>
</tns:GetDistanceBetweenPlaces>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:tns="http://skats.net/services/" xmlns:types="http://skats.net/services/encodedTypes" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
<tns:GetDistanceBetweenPlacesResponse>
<GetDistanceBetweenPlacesResult xsi:type="xsd:float">float</GetDistanceBetweenPlacesResult>
</tns:GetDistanceBetweenPlacesResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
GET /geosvc_api/PlaceLookup.asmx/GetDistanceBetweenPlaces?place1=string&state1=string&place2=string&state2=string HTTP/1.1
Host: api.geosvc.com
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<float xmlns="http://skats.net/services/literalTypes">float</float>
The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /geosvc_api/PlaceLookup.asmx/GetDistanceBetweenPlaces HTTP/1.1
Host: api.geosvc.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length
place1=string&state1=string&place2=string&state2=string
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<float xmlns="http://skats.net/services/literalTypes">float</float>