Try http://www.geonames.org/
They have a Chinese translation for Madrid ;) (this is probably better anyway, as what you want to do sounds to be against the Google Maps API terms of use anyway. ) On 15/09/2009, inakivb <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > I'm working in an international expansion for my company and we need > to translate our city database (200.000+ cities) into diferent > languages. > > I've used the google API for english, german, portuguese, italian and > japanese without any problems. > > http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/geo?q=Madrid,%20madrid,%20Spain&output=xml > http://maps.google.co.jp/maps/geo?q=Madrid,%20madrid,%20Spain&output=xml > http://maps.google.es/maps/geo?q=Madrid,%20madrid,%20Spain&output=xml > http://maps.google.de/maps/geo?q=Madrid,%20madrid,%20Spain&output=xml > http://maps.google.it/maps/geo?q=Madrid,%20madrid,%20Spain&output=xml > http://maps.google.pt/maps/geo?q=Madrid,%20madrid,%20Spain&output=xml > > But the problem has came when i try to use it to translate into > chinese > http://maps.google.cn/maps/geo?q=Madrid,%20madrid,%20Spain&output=xml > > The google maps geo API doesn't translate it at all. > I'm quite sure that cities in chinese are translated like in japanese, > making it sound similar. > > Has anybody have the same problem? Any solutions? > > Thanks!! > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
