This site claims to hack the geocode out of googles API. Interesting considering google's API specifically says it does not provide geocode information. It's also a CF site. I'd be very interested to see the code behind this.
http://web.bazily.com:8080/freegeo/ Emmet -----Original Message----- From: Paul Hastings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 11:24 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Convert Address to Latitude/Longitude Troy Montour wrote: > I'm trying to get a project finished by monday and the last piece I > need to do is convert address's or Zip codes to Lat/Long and having > no luck finding code for this. depending on environment, a webservice is your best bet. geocoder.us is free & mostly ok but it's not 90% accurate in many places. esri.com has a "public web service" that's the bees' knees & free depending on your usage. example: http://www.sustainablegis.com/projects/geocode/flashforms/ esri ws: http://www.esri.com/software/arcwebservices/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:223328 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
