On Oct 21, 10:21 am, lks <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed, that *is* what I am doing now. I am using geonames for the > state, Google for everything else. But my real point is that > shouldn't Google just provide this? (Not to mention altitude and > timezone, which geonames also provides? But that has been discussed > many times on this group.)
Why do you think Google should provide it? The provide the geocoding/reverse geocoding because there was a large demand for it. That is a data service that _is_ already available on the internet. The Google Maps API is a mapping API. -- Larry > > On Oct 21, 2:14 am, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On Oct 21, 5:39 am, lks <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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. > > >http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.htmlhttp://www.geonames.or... > > > Eghttp://ws.geonames.org/countrySubdivision?lat=47.03&lng=10.2&style=fu...... > > > Andrew- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
