Try utf-8 encoded umlauts http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-notify/browse_thread/thread/58e416415af46671
On Dec 16, 11:56 pm, Trallali <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > is anyone aware of recent changes in the html geocoder? I'm almost > sure I used this URL in a demonstration 2 months ago, now it gives > status 400 (bad request): > > http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=germany,M%FCnchen,Marienplatz&outpu... > > I get > > [...]<Response> > <name>M nchen,Marienplatz</name>[...] > > The reason is obviously the city name. The ü in München is encoded (by > Firefox 3.5.6 and IE 7) to %FC and somehow decoded wrong on the Google > end (I guess). > > This example does not work either using pure API calls to Google on > Windows XP. > > Same with other german cities. Searching for "Cologne", however, > delivers a fine "Köln" to me. > > Playing around with &ie=iso-8859-1 or utf8 and &oe= doesn't change > anything. > > So: how should one encode the request? > > Thanks for your time -- 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.
