ok so from looking through the ajax search api documentation that you linked to it looks like i can search the local businesses using localsearch. from reading some posts on this forum it seems like it's recommended to encode the lat/long into my database. how do i go about that? will lat/long data be returned by localsearch?
thanks in advance On Feb 12, 5:48 pm, Marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > Seehttp://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/ > > -- > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > -- > > > > > > > general guidance much appreciated. are there any good rails -specific > > guides you could point me to? > > > thanks > > > b -- 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.
