Implementing the Store Locator Application Using ASP.NET MVC (Part 2)

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Last weeks article, http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/081810-1.aspx Implementing the Store Locator Application Using ASP.NET MVC (Part 1) , started
a two-part article series that walked through converting my http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/051910-1.aspx ASP.NET store locator application from
WebForms to ASP.NET MVC. Last weeks article stepped through the first tasks in porting the store locator application to ASP.NET MVC, including: creating the new
project; copying over stylesheets, the database, scripts, and other shared content from the WebForms application; building the

HomeController

; and coding
the

Index

and

StoreLocator

actions and views.

Recall that the

StoreLocator

action and view prompts the user to enter an address for which to find nearby stores. On form submission, the action interfaces
with the http://code.google.com/apis/maps/ Google Maps API s geocoding service to determine if the entered address corresponds to known latitude and
longitude coordinates. If so, the user is redirected to the

StoreLocatorResults

action (which we create in this article) that displays the nearby stores in
both a grid and as markers on a map. Unlike the

StoreLocator

action created in Part 1, the

StoreLocatorResults

action uses a more intricate
model and a strongly-typed view. Read on to learn more!

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