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I'm NOT from US
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On Mar 28, 6:48 pm, Tokci <[email protected]> wrote:
> but if you check that site and use 07020 as zip code 3 miles radius
> and say 155 as street number and then enter 'rus' in the text box,
> it'll suggest 'Russell Ave, Edgewater, Bergen, NJ'. Now if you select
> that pharmacy list will be returned. That list does not contain
> Russell Ave, Edgewater, Bergen, NJ...now where i'm stuck is how
> 'Russell Ave, Edgewater, Bergen, NJ' is suggested?? its not in the db
> otherwise it would have been shown in the pharmacy result. (btw i'm
> from US so i might be missing how addresses work in there...plz bear
> with me on this).
>
> thnx for the prompt reply.
>
> On Mar 28, 4:05 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 28, 3:13 am, Tokci <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I'm looking for a functionality similar
> > > tohttp://www.pscard.com/searchAndCompare.cfm
>
> > > here you can put in a zipcode give the street number and radius of the
> > > search, it'll give the list of addresses present in the area.
>
> > > kindly let me know if this type of functionality can be achieved in
> > > using google api and if so how?
>
> > That is not API functionality per se. They have a database of
> > pharmacies (with geographic coordinates) and use the database to find
> > the ones in the search area. The only thing the API might be doing is
> > geocoding the input zipcode.
>
> > If you have a database of addresses which includes their geographic
> > coordinates that you want to use for a search, you can do the same.
>
> > See the "store locator"
> > tutorial:http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/browse_frm/thread/486d...
>
> > for an example.
>
> > -- Larry
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