On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Merrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Oct 20, 2:25 pm, "Barry Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> no it still 'sucks', for the same reasons as that article mentions. >> >> See >> alsohttp://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/browse_thread/thread/4... >> which is how it gets worse. >> >> 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. >
Ah, sorry, I I misread your reference to C# - as the API is javascript (directions at least) it needs to be client side, so the server side technology is mostly irrelivent. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Merrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Can the Google API handle road distance calculations (ie the actual >> > number of miles) between two UK postcodes? >> >> > I am using .NET C# systems so I would need integration into that >> > environment. >> >> > 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. >> >> > 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. >> >> -- >> Barry >> >> -www.nearby.org.uk-www.geograph.org.uk-- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > -- Barry - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
