On Mar 18, 9:54 am, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for your quick answer although if I'm honest I was hoping you
> weren't going to say that!
>
> So can I presume this is a good reason to use the JSON approach? If I
> parse this using javascript presumably this will all be parsed client-
> side and, therefore, I won't hit IP limits so quickly. The sticking
> point is that I can code the php in my sleep but the JSON parsing is
> going to cause me a headache. Is there an idiot's guide somewhere that
> you can point me to?

Why don't you use the GClientGeocoder?
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/services.html#Geocoding
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/reference.html#GClientGeocoder

That is what it is for...
(there are examples in the documentation and Mike Williams' tutorial)

  -- Larry

>
> On 18 Mar, 12:42, Scott Wilcox <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Martin,
>
> > When you're using PHP to parse the XML, the server is just acting like a 
> > client. The servers IP address will be counted against because the request 
> > is made from the server.
>
> > Scott.
>
> > On 18 Mar 2010, at 11:45, Martin wrote:
>
> > > My understanding is that, generally speaking, the limit of daily
> > > queries per ip address per day applies to the client rather than the
> > > server.
>
> > > However, what I am trying to get my head around is instances when I
> > > use php to parse the XML request.
>
> > > What IP Address would show here? Is it the client who has prompted the
> > > call? Or the server which, in theory, parses all the XML information
> > > before it reaches the browser?
>
> > > I hope this makes sense!
>
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