All -- Geocoding was one of the services google open to a "permissible" direct HTTP call. For instance, I can make this call:
http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=47.559320,-122.384038&output=json&oe=utf8&sensor=true_or_false&key=your_api_key Which will return the (reverse) geocoded address information, and this a google endorsed method for obtaining geocoded information (10,000 requests per IP per day, or upgrade to an Enterprise account). However, I can't find a way to do a Google Local Search that is endorsed by google other than using the AJAX API. I'm looking for anybody that can point me to anything google might have to say about using a call like this: http://www.google.com/uds/GlocalSearch?context=0&lstkp=0&rsz=large&hl=en&source=gsc&gss=.com&sig=a0b55a4b9e910e1bfef2fa118cdda19b&q=coffee%20near%204000-4098%20SW%20Edmunds%20St%2C%20Seattle%2C%20WA%2098116%2C%20USA&sll=47.641202,-122.129601&sspn=undefined,undefined&gll=47609439,-122161364,47672964,-122097839&llsep=500,500&key=ABQIAAAA1XbMiDxx_BTCY2_FkPh06RRaGTYH6UMl8mADNa0YKuWNNa8VNxQEerTAUcfkyrr6OwBovxn7TDAH5Q&v=1.0 This returns a list of coffee places near an address in Seattle, which my program will cache, and use for a mashup I'm working on. I have to use the HTTP method because the mashup includes an iPhone component (where the GPS coords are established), which is passed to a server, which does the actual process, so using JavaScript is out of the question. Using an HTTP call is what I need to do, but for local search, I'm not sure if Google will support these type of direct HTTP calls? Anybody with any insight here, it would be MORE than welcome! Nero --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
