> Well, HTTP geocoding is available, so your VB app could issue a > request like > http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=main+st+toronto&output=xml&key=KEY > (you should use a key) and then parse the result.
I tried using the URL you specified, just within browser (i.e. outside of my WinForms app.), and it works. However, I am not clear as to how I could "issue a request" from within my WinForms application. Do I have to use a form with a WebBrowser control, navigate to the URL, passing necessary parameters, and then parse the resulting contents of the WebBrowser? Or, is there an easier way? I'd rather not have to use a form for this as I'd like to be able to make these "calls" "behind the scenes". Is there a way to do "bulk" lookups, passing multiple addresses at the same time, and getting a set of results back? > Do take note of the Terms of Service. To use Google's geocoding, your > app must be freely available to anyone who wants it; it must plot the > results on a Google map; and it must not make bulk downloads of data > possible. There are also restrictions on the rate of geocode requests: > 300 addresses might take 5 or 10 minutes to complete, if it doesn't > fall foul of the "bulk download" restriction. As to the restrictions you mention, if we decide to go with Google, my client would be purchasing premier, in which case, I would assume, we wouldn't have to make the app available to the public. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
