Thanks much for your answer Larry. Will the API let us look up longitudes and latitudes automatically in bulk? Since the database will keep growing, we will have to send requests in bulk to get their respective longitudes and latitudes. Would this be possible?
Sam On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 7:06 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > > On May 19, 6:29 am, SamShaw <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > We're developing a new subscription based web site with a MySQL > > database. Users will sign up with a business name and will also input > > the address of their business. The database will keep growing with the > > passage of time. My question is how do we automate the process of > > getting longitudes and latitudes against each address. Our objective > > is to get longitudes and latitudes on the fly, that is as soon as a > > user types in his business address and hits "Enter", it should > > automatically get the longitudes and latitudes of that address and > > store it in our MySql database. Is this possible? Please help. > > Yes it is called Geocoding and is available as part of the API (and > there are 3rd party geocoders available). Be aware however that > geocoding is not an exact science an you may want to provide a > facility for the user to adjust the location or provide feedback on > the quality of the address. > > http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/services.html#Geocoding > > -- Larry > > > -- Best Regards, Sam Co-Founder DreamWorld Solutions Skype: dreamworldtech Yahoo Msngr: dreamworldtech AIM: dreamworldtech1 GTalk: [email protected] Phone: +1(847)-380-4181 http://www.dreamworldsol.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
