Sorry "curious_reverse_geocoder" was me. I do only have a lat/lon initially to determine the location. So what I could do is use that initially to get a list of placemarks, then for the placemark town name "Truro, NS, Canada" do a geo lookup.
- Craig On Apr 30, 11:10 am, Mike Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Wasn't it curious_reverse_geocoder who wrote: > > > > > > >I am not certain if this is an issue with the geocoding service or > >that way I have invoked it but this is my issue: When doing a reverse > >geocode with the following query: > > >http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?output=xml&oe=utf8&sensor=tru_or_false&k > >ey=ABQIAAAALG4NcU6KpQYAovquJftHQBT2yXp_ZAY8_ufC3CFXhHIE1NvwkxRXNDkCk_wY7 > >KxMFHy1SZf3Ih9WAQ&q=45.3271315647698,-63.4291674593077 > > >I wish to plot the "Truro, NS, Canada" (placemark id=3) on a globe, > >however, the lat/lon that I receive > >"<coordinates>-63.7954121,45.0193583,0</coordinates>" is not the > >correct lat/lon of Truro NS Canada (correct is: 45.364722, -63.28). > > >According to the API on geocoding I am reading the correct element > >"coordinates". Is there something I am missing? or is the lat/lon > >produced by google inaccurate? > > Placemark p3 has accuracy=5 which is postcode level. So > 45.0193583,-63.7954121 is what you get if you geocode "B0N". > > If you want to plot "Truro, NS, Canada" on a map, then geocode that name > rather than reverse geocoding "45.3271315647698,-63.4291674593077". > > If you want to plot the "Town" associated with > "45.3271315647698,-63.4291674593077" then that's Placemark p1 accuracy=4 > "Colchester; Subd. C, NS, Canada". > > --http://econym.org.uk/gmap > The Blackpool Community Church Javascript Team --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
