Hi Barry, You are suspecting, I have stolen zip code data some where?
I'm also got same email from Kim Loong Business Development Director HexaSoft Development, LLC Tel: +(6) 04-640-2380 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.zipcodeworld.com But I am not going against Terms of any organization. I think, I will go little more details, what I did. I will clarify all question regarding this issue. 1. I have created a database with following fields:- Zip table --------------------------- slno country zip lon lat 2. How data will be inserted in to my zip table. I have a another page where the user have to enter there full postal address, say at the time of registration of my site. when the user will enter the zipcode/postal code of any country Then the zip code/postal code will be validated according to the selected country by the user. I use JavaScript for this validation. if this validation is ok, then it will insert the user data in to registration table. Now I'm searching my own zip table for this zipcode/postal code ( entered by the user ) If zipcode/postal code exist, then it will exit the program If the zip code/ postal code is not found. then i'm calling google api to provide me longitude and latitude. for this zip code. Now it is easy to insert data into my zip table. 3. How i search zip code within radius of zip code. I use simple server side code to search my zip database, Then with this list of zipcodes again i search mt own table say ( registration table ) Thats all! Now can you tell me, did i break any law? Barry did i break any law? John Coryat did i break any law? Kim Loong did i break any law? According to John Coryat google api have some limitations so we can't get all the facility from google geo code. Now u can see your zip database will grow according to the grow of users. But i got a link from Kim Loong , they are provide all the zip codes. even they are giving USA zip code as free. I'm thanking Kim Loong for his link. I got this idea when John Coryat is told me use own database. I'm thanking again to John. I hope this post will help all the programmers those who are searching the similar type of job. THIS IS DEPENDS ON YOUR PROGRAM CONDITION AND WHAT YOU ARE SEARCHING. My code fails if you are searching recodes out of your own database. so you have to use 3rd party database for zip codes Recommended site is http://www.zipcodeworld.com Thanks lot. Regards, Kumar On Mar 5, 6:45 pm, Barry Hunter <[email protected]> wrote: > There are two problems with that, > > 1) it requires users to actully search, to build up a useful database, > so results will patchy. > > 2) you should read the Terms of Service of the API, what you proposing > I strongly suspect is against said Terms. (but it comes down to how > you using the data - to plot a map you might be ok, ie a store locator > type application, but using the data as generic data lookup is a > no-no.) > > On 05/03/2009, kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi John, > > > Thanks John! > > > Google API have no facility for finding zip code within a polygon. > > > By getting your confirmation from you, I got an alternative solution > > for this:- > > > In this case I'm using the same zip code table with longitude and > > latitude. > > > But I have an idea to overcome to inserting the large data into the > > zip table. > > > What I did :- > > > 1. while the user entering there zip code in there address, > > I'm finding the longitude and latitude of that zip code with help > > of google geo . > > > 2. Now I'm inserting a new record to my own zip code table ( with zip > > code, longitude and latitude ) > > > So that my zip table is grown up according to my user. > > > 3. Then I'm using general zip search with radius. > > > I hope this post will help others > > > Regards, > > Kumar > > > On Mar 4, 1:10 am, "Maps.Huge.Info (Google Maps API Guru)" > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Short of using your own database? Not that I'm aware of. > > > > -John Coryat > > > >http://maps.huge.info > > > >http://www.usnaviguide.com > > -- > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
