'Michigan' is also the name of a building in downtown Detroit. Hence the premise(building) level 9 accuracy.
On Nov 18, 1:04 pm, Rossko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > then how does that explain level 9 when someone types in michigan? > > Might to need to consider what is meant by 'accuracy'. > > One aspect of that is - no point defined by lat/long is ever going to > exactly match any physical address - because they're not point > objects. For a street, say, you could represent it by a point > EXACTLY in the middle of the street, but how would you term the > 'accuracy' of that point - in the end it's only an average, an > indication. > > Another aspect would be more about 'confidence' in the results. If > there were only one 'thing' in the world called Michigan - the > geocoder would be very confident it was directing you to the right > one. Accuracy 9, job done? (from the geocoder's point of view) > > No answers there I'm afraid, but what they mean by accuracy might not > be what you have in mind. > > cheers, Ross K --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
