Hi Many...I think that Geocoding is the way as Andrew said....you can read a bit more in http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/maps/documentation/services.html#Geocoding
Good luck and tell us what was the result... On 2 mar, 13:26, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 2, 4:01 pm, many_tentacles <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Now though I need to insert lots of markers onto the map based on the > > postcodes from a database. > > > Any ideas or a push in the right direction would be much appreciated. > > You need to add the coordinates to your database, so your website > visitors don't have to geocode the points every time. You can do the > geocoding client-side to write a script which can be used to update > the database: Mike has some ideas athttp://econym.org.uk/gmap/geomulti.htm > > Or: use the HTTP geocoder, suitably throttled, server-side. Get your > dataset, geocode each row in turn and update it, wait a suitable > length of time so you don't get error 620, and go on to the next row. > > Or: when your users get their batch of markers, geocode any which only > supply a postcode and not coordinates (making sure it's rate-limited), > and send those coordinates back to your server to update the database > records. That way the most popular markers will be geocoded first and > it won't count against your IP quota: the geocoding is distributed > amongst your website visitors. -- 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.
