On Oct 20, 4:46 pm, "Barry Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Merrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > On Oct 20, 2:25 pm, "Barry Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >> 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/
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> >> (as another issue sounds like your application wouldnt be possible
> >> with the maps api anyway - its for websites only)
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> > 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.
>
>
No you can implement Javascript via C#. In fact most things are
possible in .NET. I use rentacoder.com to get any hard coding done as
the site is worldwide and you'll find normally an expert in that
niche.
I will need to handle this issue, as one software company just quoted
me £10K for a service to compute the distance. I cannot understand why
they charge so much. Maybe I need to start a competitor service.
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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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