fix location encoding

gistfile1.txt

  String fixStringEncoding(String s) {
    byte[] bytes=new byte[s.length()];
    for(int i=0;i<s.length();i++) {
      bytes[i]=(byte) (s.charAt(i)&0xff);
    }
    try {
      return new String(bytes,"utf-8");
    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
      return "";
    }
  }