> She would like to, given a City name, get the coordinates (lat, lng).
That's called Geocoding, there's lot about it this group and the documentation. > Next, it would be also nice to, given a City name, get all the Cities > with the same lat and lng. What does that mean, how many cities can occupy the same point at once? > Can I do it just with Javascript or also with Java or Ruby? You can do it with javascript using the Google services offered by the maps API. There are lots of other geocoding services too. No idea about Ruby. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
