On Oct 20, 2:25 pm, "Barry Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> no it still 'sucks', for the same reasons as that article mentions.
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> See
> alsohttp://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/browse_thread/thread/4...
> which is how it gets worse.
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> Makes interesting reading:http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/
>
> (as another issue sounds like your application wouldnt be possible
> with the maps api anyway - its for websites only)
The application is implemented online, the actual function would be to
calculate the distance between a store and a customer. So the actual
details would be invisible to the user. As the crow flies will not
work as the UK has so many rivers. I was told by rightmove a house was
6 miles away, when in fact it was 35 miles. The 6 miles assumed I had
a heliocopter or a jump jet.
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> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Merrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Can the Google API handle road distance calculations (ie the actual
> > number of miles) between two UK postcodes?
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> > I am using .NET C# systems so I would need integration into that
> > environment.
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> > I have read varying results after googling the question, but it
> > appears there is no clear answer, with some people stating the results
> > are inaccuracte and others citing copyright issues with Royal Mail.
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> > eghttp://www.tomanthony.co.uk/blog/geocoding-uk-postcodes-with-google-m...
> > describes the Google API as "sucks" but it was written well over a
> > year ago.
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> Barry
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