The Google Maps API does not include business information. Maybe you thinking of the Google AJAX Search API code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/
2009/10/24 davyonca <[email protected]>: > > Thanks very much for taking the time to comment on this. Greatly > appreciated. I'm sure you have it right in terms of how Google > obtains the information. > > Using the Google Map API, is there an acceptable way to retrieve the > address and geocode information for my web app / site from within a > window for a selected location (i.e. selection "A" or "B" from the > query results)? The cached data would be displayed within an embedded > Google Map environment in the app, but being able to cache data for > selected locations would be helpful. > > Thanks for any additional guidance or insights. > > > On Oct 24, 3:15 am, Mike Williams <[email protected]> wrote: >> Wasn't it davyonca who wrote: >> >> >Wanting to embed a map in my site and capture the query result >> >information (business name and address) for a business selected from >> >the search criteria. Is there a way to extract this information from >> >the window within Google maps? It seems like Yelp does something along >> >these lines. >> >> It's my understanding that Yelp sell that data to Google, not the other >> way round. >> >> -- >> Mike Williamshttp://econym.org.uk/gmap > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
