Hi everyone, during some tests with the Google geocoder, I noticed a really strange behaviour.
Since I'm Italian I noticed it for Italian addresses (I can't say what happen for the other countries): the names of regions are not localised in a unique language and I can't understand which is the logic behind it. Please look at these examples (you can use the sample page: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/examples/geocoding-ext...) 1a) Search for "Roma" Address retrieved: Roma, Rom (Latium), Italy WRONG: the name of the region is LAZIO not LATIUM. (Is it in Latin?) 1b) Search for "Roma, Lazio" Address retrieved: Roma, Rom (Lazio), Italia --> CORRECT 2a) Search for "Firenze" Address retrieved: Firenze, Firenze (Toscane), Italia WRONG: the name of the region is ToscanA not ToscanE. (Is it in English?) 2b) Search for "Firenze, Toscana" Address retrieved: Firenze, Firenze (Toscana), Italia --> CORRECT 3a) Search for "Trieste" Address retrieved: Trieste, Trieste (Friaul-Julisch-Venetien), Italia WRONG: the name of the region is FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA, not FriAUL- JULISCH-VENETIEN. (Is it in German?) 3b) Search for "Trieste, Friuli" Address retrieved: Trieste, Trieste (Friuli-Venezia Giulia), Italia -- > CORRECT What do you think? This behaviour is really strange, since I expected that the geocoder retrieved the original address for each place in the native language. I tried to set the base country code but the result is the same... Any help would be really appreciated. Best regards, Romano --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
