Get region names from API instead of hard-coding them

global.js

@@ -35,36 +35,38 @@ var elements = {
 	"username": "username"
 };
 
-// Regions (Linode doesn't provide "friendly" names via the API)
+// Region names for legacy DCs no longer in the API
 var regionNames = {
-	"us-central": "Dallas, TX, USA",
-	"us-west": "Fremont, CA, USA",
-	"us-southeast": "Atlanta, GA, USA",
-	"us-east": "Newark, NJ, USA",
-	"us-east-1b": "Newark 2, NJ, USA",
-	"eu-west": "London, England, UK",
-	"ap-south": "Singapore, SG",
-	"eu-central": "Frankfurt, DE",
-	"ap-northeast": "Tokyo, JP",
-	"ap-northeast-1a": "Tokyo 2, JP",
-	"ca-central": "Toronto, ON, CA",
-	"ap-west": "Mumbai, IN",
-	"ap-southeast": "Sydney, NSW, AU",
-	"philadelphia": "Philadelphia, PA, USA",
-	"absecon": "Absecon, NJ, USA",
-	"us-iad": "Washington DC, USA",
-	"us-ord": "Chicago, IL, USA",
-	"fr-par": "Paris, FR",
-	"in-maa": "Chennai, IN",
-	"us-sea": "Seattle, WA, USA",
-	"br-gru": "San Paulo, BR",
-	"nl-ams": "Amsterdam, NL",
-	"se-sto": "Stockholm, SE",
-	"jp-osa": "Osaka, JP",
-	"it-mil": "Milan, IT",
-	"id-cgk": "Jakarta, ID",
-	"us-lax": "Los Angeles, CA, USA",
-	"us-mia": "Miami, FL, USA"
+	"us-east-1b": "Newark 2, NJ",
+	"philadelphia": "Philadelphia, PA",
+	"absecon": "Absecon, NJ"
+};
+
+// Group contries into regions for easier selection
+var countryContinents = {
+	"us": "na",
+	"gb": "eu",
+	"jp": "ap",
+	"sg": "ap",
+	"de": "eu",
+	"in": "ap",
+	"ca": "na",
+	"au": "ap",
+	"fr": "eu",
+	"br": "sa",
+	"nl": "eu",
+	"se": "eu",
+	"es": "eu",
+	"it": "eu",
+	"id": "ap",
+	"nz": "ap",
+	"pl": "eu",
+	"za": "af",
+	"my": "ap",
+	"hk": "ap",
+	"co": "sa",
+	"mx": "na",
+	"cl": "sa"
 };
 
 // Human-readable event titles
@@ -862,4 +864,4 @@ function translateKernel(slug, element)
 	apiGet("/linode/kernels/" + slug, callback, null);
 }
 
-export { settings, elements, regionNames, apiDelete, apiGet, apiPost, apiPut, drawSeries, md5, migrateETA, oauthPost, oauthScopes, objPut, parseParams, setupHeader, eventTitles, timeString, translateKernel };
+export { settings, elements, regionNames, countryContinents, apiDelete, apiGet, apiPost, apiPut, drawSeries, md5, migrateETA, oauthPost, oauthScopes, objPut, parseParams, setupHeader, eventTitles, timeString, translateKernel };