Hello, I am new to Google Maps API and was wondering how to design a solution to a problem like this:
There are around 6000 stores all over the country and out of those 6000 stores around 2000 are "preferred" stores. We will have a search page where the user can enter either a complete address or just the city / state / zip and get a list of stores within 5 - 20 miles radius. Do we need to store the addresses in our databases? Once a user does a search, say by city, do we first need to search our database for stores in that city and then use geocoding to get the lat / long for the stores which we have narrowed down? Also how do we figure out which stores are within 20 miles of a zipcode part? Currently we are using another map provider where we just upload the data and they take care of the search and mapping the search. Not exactly sure how we can use Google Map API to accomplish the same. Thanks in advance. Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
