On Aug 11, 5:22 pm, Harry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why doesn't http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=devon return any of the > known cities/towns/counties named Devon? That's my question.
I don't know how many there are, but http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=devonshire+uk does return at least one county. > If it's a bug, or just missing data, that's fine. I can accept that. I > just wanted to see if anyone knew the answer. And I was hoping a > Googler might chime in, as they do indeed read and respond to this > mailing list from time to time. Search for Pamela Fox, as an example. In *this* case, given that no-one in the UK calls that county "Devonshire" (except perhaps a Duke and his family) and the results say "Devon", that's probably a mistake in the geocoder data. > As for my question about 602 errors, it's not an unreasonable request. > I'm asking for a statistic. Just like any other statistic, it is > subject to a standard error. Of course I don't expect Google to > release this data, but you don't get what you don't ask for. The point is that it's simply not possible to separate out a "reasonable" request which generates 602 from an unreasonable one. You may think that "Devon" should be the former and something like http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=QWERTY should be the latter; presumably Google's data suppliers would put both in the unreasonable camp. Andrew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
