On Mar 16, 3:54 pm, Michael Burton <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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?

What country would you expect it to be?
People's Republic of China (PRC)
or
Republic of China (ROC)

  -- Larry

>
> 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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