Use &hl=en
http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=Natik,+MA&output=json&oe=utf8&sensor=false&hl=en

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On Nov 9, 10:19 pm, Scott Windsor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Using the Gecoding API, google maps has begun to return certain city
> names with a cryillic character set.  Here's an example:
>
> curl 'http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=Natik,
> +MA&output=json&oe=utf8&sensor=false&tld=us'
>
> {
>   "name": "Natik, MA",
>   "Status": {
>     "code": 200,
>     "request": "geocode"
>   },
>   "Placemark": [ {
>     "id": "p1",
>     "address": "Natick, MA, USA",
>     "AddressDetails": {
>    "Accuracy" : 4,
>    "Country" : {
>       "AdministrativeArea" : {
>          "AdministrativeAreaName" : "MA",
>          "SubAdministrativeArea" : {
>             "Locality" : {
>                "LocalityName" : "Нейтик"
>             },
>             "SubAdministrativeAreaName" : "Middlesex"
>          }
>       },
>       "CountryName" : "USA",
>       "CountryNameCode" : "US"
>    }},
>
>     "ExtendedData": {
>       "LatLonBox": {
>         "north": 42.4153708,
>         "south": 42.1512119,
>         "east": -71.0933844,
>         "west": -71.6056220
>       }
>     },
>     "Point": {
>       "coordinates": [ -71.3495032, 42.2834298, 0 ]
>     }
>   } ]
>
> }
>
> I've got the gl set as "US" and the encoding to UTF-8, but it seems
> odd to get back "Natik, MA" as "Нейтик" for the locality name.  Am I
> passing something incorrectly?
>
> - scott

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