Hello, I'm trying to use the google maps API to lookup Taipei, but I'm getting back unexpected results.
Here's the URL that I'm requesting (substitute your own api key): http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=Taipei&output=json&key=<my api key> And here's the JSON I get back: { "name": "Taipei", "Status": { "code": 200, "request": "geocode" }, "Placemark": [ { "id": "p1", "address": "Taipei City, Taiwan", "AddressDetails": {"AdministrativeArea": {"AdministrativeAreaName": "Taipei City"},"Accuracy": 3}, "ExtendedData": { "LatLonBox": { "north": 25.2103040, "south": 24.9605090, "east": 121.6659420, "west": 121.4570600 } }, "Point": { "coordinates": [ 121.5598345, 25.0910750, 0 ] } } ] } Unlike nearly every single other location I can think to look up, Taipei is not coming back with a Country element in the AddressDetails (even though "Taiwan" is mentioned in the address string). Look up San Francisco, New York, Tokyo, Lhasa, Buenos Aires, etc. etc. and they all have a Country. Seems to happen whether I'm using JSON or KML, or presumably other output formats. Also doesn't seem to matter whether I say "Taipei" or "Taipei Taiwan" or "臺北市" Does anyone know why this might be? Cheers, Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
