# HG changeset patch
# User Paul Boddie <paul@boddie.org.uk>
# Date 1332781612 -7200
# Node ID 2993b322f87cd3fe37008b1c26bc4bb289727dac
# Parent  f08fd0062b5be576f273834a4b6b38e04e0ca1a0
Re-added the getLocationPosition function from LocationSupport.

diff -r f08fd0062b5b -r 2993b322f87c EventAggregatorSupport.py
--- a/EventAggregatorSupport.py	Mon Mar 26 00:22:45 2012 +0200
+++ b/EventAggregatorSupport.py	Mon Mar 26 19:06:52 2012 +0200
@@ -93,6 +93,24 @@
     else:
         return None
 
+def getLocationPosition(location, locations):
+
+    """
+    Attempt to return the position of the given 'location' using the 'locations'
+    dictionary provided. If no position can be found, return a latitude of None
+    and a longitude of None.
+    """
+
+    latitude, longitude = None, None
+
+    if location is not None:
+        try:
+            latitude, longitude = map(getMapReference, locations[location].split())
+        except (KeyError, ValueError):
+            pass
+
+    return latitude, longitude
+
 def to_list(s, sep):
     return [x.strip() for x in s.split(sep) if x.strip()]