On Mar 1, 3:21 pm, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote:
> > In Europe/US that's no problem. But when a very remote location on
> > Earth is clicked, I get a 602-response.
>
> Google's geocoder doesn't cover all countries, this is a FAQ 
> seehttp://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#geocoder_countries
>
> Remote locations don't have postal addresses at all, so a postal
> address geocoder may not be what you want to use.
> Have a look at some alternatives 
> -http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/web/resources-non-goog...
> Geonames, for example

I suspect he is looking for a reverse geocoder, but it is hard to tell
from his description.

Dakhla West-Sahara/Morocco:
http://www.geocodezip.com/example_geo2.asp?addr1=Dakhla%20West-Sahara/Morocco%20&geocode=1&zoom=8
(which is "West-Sahara"), I have no idea where Dakhla is, or what
country should be returned there.

Geonames thinks it is "Western Sahara"
http://ws.geonames.org/countrySubdivision?lat=24.357535&lng=-12.805475
http://www.geonames.org/export/web-services.html#countrysubdiv

from:
http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/web/resources-non-google-geocoders

  -- Larry

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