Just thought I'd check in and see if anyone has any ideas about the
unexpected data I'm getting in Taiwan (see below).  Any ideas?

Cheers,
Mike



On Mar 10, 5:01 pm, Michael Burton <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
> "TaipeiTaiwan" or "臺北市"
>
> Does anyone know why this might be?
>
> Cheers,
> Mike

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