On Feb 12, 9:33 pm, bf1hipcat <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1) attempt to build my own local database of businesses complete with
> name, address, url data, or

That's not a Maps API question.

> 2) can i somehow just tap in to google's database of local businesses
> and relate my review tables to these results?

That's not a Maps API question. See:
http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/

>
> if the best route to go is with (1),  how should i make it simple for
> the user to add a business to my database?

That's not a Maps API question.


>  since the user presumably
> doesn't know the exact address etc, can i integrate google maps so
> they can search google for the business name and then have google
> return the rest of the data to populate my database?

No. You can't search business names through the Google Maps API. See
http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/


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>
> general guidance much appreciated. are there any good  rails -specific
> guides you could point me to?
>
> thanks
>
> b

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