On Apr 20, 3:49 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Apr 20, 2:47 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > In a nutshell i'm geocoding with SW1 3AQ and this 
> > url:http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=SW1+3AQ&output=csv&oe=utf8&gl=uk&ke...
>
> > Instead of resolving to london england its resolving far far way. Am I
> > doing something wrong?
>
> The geocoder returns somewhere in Germany for this:SW1 3AQ

It seems there is a thoroughfare called SW1 in Germany.

{
  "id": "p1",
  "address": "SW1, Germany",
  "AddressDetails": {
    "Country": {
      "CountryNameCode": "DE",
      "CountryName": "Germany",
      "AdministrativeArea": {
        "AdministrativeAreaName": "Bavaria",
        "SubAdministrativeArea": {
          "SubAdministrativeAreaName": "Schweinfurt",
          "Thoroughfare": {
            "ThoroughfareName": "SW1"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "Accuracy": 6
  },
  "ExtendedData": {
    "LatLonBox": {
      "north": 49.9847317,
      "south": 49.8929888,
      "east": 10.2131654,
      "west": 10.1822364
    }
  },
  "Point": {
    "coordinates": [
      10.1831423,
      49.9411653,
      0
    ]
  }
}


> If I add "UK": SW1 3AQ UK
>
> I get somewhere in London.
>
> http://www.geocodezip.com/example_geo2.asp?addr1=SW1%203AQ&geocode=1&;...
>
> You may want to search this group for the issues with geocoding
> postcodes from Royal Mail.
>
>   -- Larry
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