how to use a google maps url into YM4R?

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hey all, I have a google maps url posted by the user such as:

http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&q=restaurants+sushi+de&near=Paris,+France&ie=UTF8&latlng=48871953,2303271,12028371856558028754&ei=lgHmRbHWDoa-2AKU78TMCA&sig2=KeqI-krw-tdRn8WR4-drEg&dtab=2&reviews=1&oi=more_rev&sa=X

is there a way to get all the paramaters (such as the q, the latlngt and whatever is needed) of that url and use them into the ym4r functions?

thanx in advance

PAt

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Hi Patrick, how about:

google_query = URI::parse( params[:query_string] ).query google_params = CGI::parse(google_query)

This will give you a Hash of all the URI parameters, including the search string 'q', and 'll' which is your lat-long array.

--Andrew