Hi, I can't reproduce that. BTW - that is the old geocoder. Try the new one: http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?sensor=false&address=London%2C%20United%20Kingdom
Sounds like a transient failure, though. Cheers Chris -- http://twitter.com/broady On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 7:21 PM, hsallander <henrik.sallan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know why, since recently, a url search to Google Maps with a > nicely specified query (city + country) returns multiple answers? For > instance, > > > http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?output=xml&oe=utf-8&key=&q=London%2C+United+Kingdom > > which is a search for "London, United Kingdom". It returns multiple > answers, as will a search for "New York, USA". Why is that? How much more > specific should a query for a city have to be.. specifying the city and > country should surely be enough to get a unique hit, right? Or have am I > missing something here.. ? (it has worked flawlessly with the exact same > query up until just recently). > > Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-js-api-v3/-/nhI6XTu1No8J. > To post to this group, send email to > google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
