On Jun 26, 11:49 am, Steven <[email protected]> wrote: > Larry, > > So, if I follow Pamala's Fox's tutorials on using MySql and Google > Maps, do you think I'd be able to set up a website to function like > mine once did?
Sure. > > Doe's Google make updates to the API code that change the way things > work and have to be written? They try to maintain the published interfaces, but they break periodically. > Do they change their data often? I have no insight to how often it changes, but to quote Mike Williams (I think) "never trust a geocoder". If you geocode it offline, you can verify the coordinates and save them in a database or an xml file and then they will only change when you change them. -- Larry > The thing is, is I put a lot of time into checking that the geocoder > returned the results I wanted. As of April the geocoding was working. > > Steve > > On Jun 26, 2:34 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On Jun 26, 10:58 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > On Jun 26, 10:44 am, Steven <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The reason I'm geocoding is to have it so the map isn't full of > > > > markers and also to make the markers draggable. > > > > You can do both of those without geocoding hte markers on the fly. > > > > > Would the error handling prevent the geocoding? > > > > No, it would just allow you to detect when it failed. There are a > > > number of "addresses" that you are trying to geocode that fail. > > > > A small sample: > > > BUNEL BROOK, Burlington CT not found, code=602 Unknown Address: No > > > corresponding geographic location could be found for the specified > > > address. > > > COPPERMINE BROOK, Burlington CT not found, code=602 Unknown Address: > > > No corresponding geographic location could be found for the specified > > > address. > > > EDSON BROOK, Stafford CT not found, code=602 Unknown Address: No > > > corresponding geographic location could be found for the specified > > > address. > > > FARMILL RIVER, Monroe CT not found, code=602 Unknown Address: No > > > corresponding geographic location could be found for the specified > > > address. > > > And I suspect that some of the locations you are getting back are not > > what you > > expect:http://www.geocodezip.com/example_geomulti_bad3_xml.asp?filename=stre... > > (Australia? Georgia? Ohio?) > > -- Larry > > > > > Also, thank you and everyone else for > > > > taking the time to look at this stuff with me! > > > > > Steven > > > > > P.S.: Offline would mean having a database? > > > > > On Jun 26, 10:38 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 26, 7:24 am, Steven <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Yeh, but the website also doesn't work in IE or Opera or Safari. > > > > > > I have to ask. Why are you geocoding these locations on the fly? Are > > > > > they going to move? > > > > > > The better solution is to geocode them "offline" and store the > > > > > coordinates so you are not dependent on the geocoder. > > > > > > It looks to me like you are not handling the error condition where the > > > > > geocoder request doesn't return any results. > > > > > > -- Larry > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > On Jun 26, 9:57 am, Ralph Ames <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >Yes, and I don't get any error codes with anything really. > > > > > > > > In FF3 I get a.lng is not a function. > > > > > > > > Ralph- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
