At crimereports.com, we geocode crime data. For obvious reasons, we need to generalize the actual crime location to something more generic than the original specific address but want to keep the displayed location somewhere in the vicinity. We have been doing that server- side by modifying the address, but would like to be able to use the accuracy of the maps api for this task.
We've looked into geocoding, rounding the lat/lon, then reverse geocoding, but that has limitations (not the least of which being implicating innocent addresses). So, we are wondering if there is some other info the api can give us, such as: - the nearest block address or lat/lon - the length of the street in miles as well as the max and min street numbers for that street With either of these pieces of information, we could calculate a logical general address for a pin. Barring these, how have others produced generalized/privatized address location? KJH -- 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=.
