See http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/index.html#GeocodingRequests
You should explicity request your required encoding - not specifiying it actully results in a mixed file. On 01/07/2009, Marc <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been using the Geocoding sample example for geocoding some > addresses (http://code.google.com/intl/nl/apis/maps/articles/ > phpsqlgeocode.html), but I've encountered a problem. > > Some adresses (based on city and country) work perfectly, but for some > I get the error "Input is not proper UTF-8". > > The actual error in my browser that I get is: > > Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: > > http://maps.google.nl/maps/geo?output=xml&key=ABQIAAAAOn4EtB6OwszY-eHp2_JYtxQM7B2JM0OGylXQIM2VckaDx2AulhTTPXE4QYyfFqLt9ahIAPZz8XFcvg&q=Agios+Gordios+Griekenland:9: > parser error : Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding ! Bytes: > 0xED 0x64 0x61 0x20 in D:\development\Tripcheckr\XML_test > \admin_geocode.php on line 69 > > Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: > <address>NisÃda Ro, Μεγίστη > 85111< in D:\development\Tripcheckr\XML_test\admin_geocode.php on line > 69 > > What could be the problem? > > Input city is: Agios Gordios > Input country is: Griekenland (Greece in Dutch) > > Thanks in advance for any help! > > > Regards, > > > Marc > > > > -- Barry - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
