All third party providers of geocoding and reverse geocoding are listed here: http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/web/resources-non-google-geocoders
A good resource to find the best provider for your location and requirements. On Aug 21, 7:25 am, DynGeometry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check this:http://dyngeometry.webhop.net/WebServiceClient/ZipBuffer.aspx > You can search within ? miles of zip or city. Currently only USA data > is available. Europe data is coming soon. > > On Aug 20, 12:37 pm, Garthan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Aug 20, 10:01 am, lilit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have 2 main questions: > > > > 1. Is there any way using the Google Maps API having some region name > > > (let’s say Greater London), get the coordinates of a polygon > > > surrounding the region? > > > Google is not offering a database of regional or political > > boundaries but such are often readily available for > > many political entities look up GIS data and shape files or > > even kml files. > > > > 2. Is there such a possibility given a rectangle in latitude and > > > longitude coordinates, get a list of major cities contained in that > > > rectangle? > > > You can do something similar with the services at geonames.org > > it might be a radius or something similar. > > > Its basicallyreversegeocoding.. I beleive various services are > > mentioned > > on the groups pages area --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
