thanks all for replies. i'm sorry for any sensitivity on legality, i don't think the issue is a legal problem. and it is ultimately not meant to scrape other people's web sites. i can get (and have) maps API key, and i can use ajax and other local search and geocoding apis. yes, of course.
my problem is due to a mashup and an application i'm trying to create whereby i'm cornered into a number of technologies and too much JS and the maps async loading and security issues (frames), and such, make it more difficult (not impossible) for me to get coordinates and map from a local search. again, my problem is not how to do that in general, but trying a shortcut to get something fast. the statics map urls helped me a ton to quickly get close to the goal - displaying map from search w/ coorindates on the page very simply, and fast. but, i don't think (don't know if) the static map method provides decimal coordinates anywhere, (like other api latlng calls would.) since i saw the parameters on the static map urls, i was intrigued that if i could convert them, i could display them and be good to go. so it was meant to be a simple question, really: is there a way to know how these format of coordinates could be converted back to normal coordinates? latitude_e6=51472608 longitude_e6=4294519238 i think it is a mathematical / geospatial / conversion method question moreso than an API question. sorry if any confusion on that point. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
