Geocoding while adding zip codes to the query sometimes leads to results that look a bit strange. Take the following example:
"79761 Waldshut-Tiengen, Deutschland" takes you to http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=79761+Waldshut-Tiengen,+Deutschland&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.047881,90.263672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=79761+Waldshut-Tiengen,+Waldshut,+Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg,+Deutschland&z=12 that is somwhere in the middle of nowhere near the right town, but definitely not the centre of that town (that is what a user would like to address with this query). "Waldshut-Tiengen, Deutschland" takes you to the right spot http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=Waldshut-Tiengen,+Deutschland&sll=47.653326,8.272127&sspn=0.129972,0.352592&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Waldshut-Tiengen,+Waldshut,+Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg,+Deutschland&ll=47.623752,8.21434&spn=0.130046,0.352592&z=12 One could say now, hey, just omit the zip! But that is generally not a good idea, as a lot of towns have similar names in good old germany and you will definitely get the wrong one. There are for instance 57 (!) Towns by the name of "Hausen" wich is something like "Springfield" in the US without the connotation of beeing a jolly town with funny people. So what I do now ist to query first the town with zip, than make a proximity search without zip to get to the center of the town that I would like to find. Q: Does anyone know of a simple way that I could get the centre of the town that I look for while still adding the zip to be sure that i get the town that I mean? -- 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.
