On Nov 17, 1:20 pm, Andrew Leach <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Nov 17, 8:14 pm, Josh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > For example, geocoding "4401 Morella Avenue Studio city CA 91607"
> > gives results in Spain!
>
> Tryhttp://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=4401+Morella+Avenue+CA+91607&output...
>
> The API doesn't know about "Studio City", and that is confusing it.

But the API does know about Studio City (I checked):
http://www.geocodezip.com/example_geo2.asp?addr1=Studio%20City,%20CA&geocode=1

Just not with that zip code.

  -- Larry


>
> > But if I search for this same address on maps.google.com it shows up
> > in the correct place.
>
> > Also, I did look at the FAQ and saw that sometimes there are
> > differences between the two geocoders (http://code.google.com/apis/
> > maps/faq.html#geocoder_differences).
>
> > Has the recent data update exacerbated these differences?
>
> Possibly. The data update wasn't so much an update as a wholesale
> change of supplier. It's likely that TeleAtlas didn't want their data
> being used in the API and just given to the hoi polloi.
>
> Andrew

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