I thought about using a lookup tablet. But it is not only the 50 states of the US that I have to worry about. What about the Canadian provinces, or lots of other countries that have regions or provinces? To solve this world-wide, I'd have to get the Google abbreviation for each region, state, or province and then map it into a full name (hopefully their abbreviation is a "standard' one, but I would have to determine that). When you think that I have to keep a parallel database, it didn't sound all that appealing.
By the way, I am doing what you suggest already for mapping country codes. (Also, I am not using the geocoder "just" to decode state names. I am getting full addresses. It's just that I want the state names to be spelled out, not to be shown as abbreviations.) On Oct 20, 3:56 pm, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 20, 5:47 pm, lks <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I used these records so that I could take a location like "MI" or "IL" > > and turn it into "Michigan" or "Illinois". > > You used a geocoder to decode state names?! There are only fifty: > create your own list. > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
