Thanks, that's the method I've tried up till now. It's resolved about 26 out of 345.
I think my next step is to hire someone to do some simple data entry and lookup at odesk! :-) Steve On Mar 26, 9:51 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 26, 6:43 am, Steve the Canuck <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for the response. > > > That clarifies how come I can't find the address using geocode. > > > As I have 345 out of 4900 addresses that I couldn't find > > programmatically using the Geocode Service, can anyone suggest my best > > option for doing this programmatically in a batch PHP script? > > > Even if the match doesn't end up being "exact", it should be good > > enough for my purpose, as I need it primarily for proximity. > > How much information do you have for the addresses? > Try falling back: > 1. remove the street number > 2. just use the town and state > 3. just use the zip code > 4. just use the state > 5. just use the country > 6. "manually" geocode the ones that are left (or the ones that the > above isn't close enough for). > > -- Larry > > > > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > On Mar 26, 2:10 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > On Mar 25, 10:51 pm, Steve the Canuck <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have a number of addresses to geocode in batch, so I have been using > > > > the Google Maps API Geocoding service. However, I am finding that > > > > some of my calls are returning a 602 error, and I'm trying to figure > > > > out why. > > > > > Here is an example: > > > > >http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=724+Evergreen+Mobile+Home+Park+NW%2... > > > > > If I just go to Google Maps and type in the address as: > > > > > 724 Evergreen Mobile Home Park NW, Edmonton, AB > > > > > It shows up perfectly. > > > > > I'm trying to figure out why this isn't working. If anyone has any > > > > ideas that would be great. > > > >http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/reference.html#GGeoSta... > > > > The API Geocoder can not resolve that address. > > > > maps.google.com is finding it a different way (not using its > > > geocoder):http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=724+Everg... > > > > Probably using local search... > > > > "Never trust a geocoder..." > > > -- Larry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
