Actually this method returns even more inaccurate results ...
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=YZV+Airport&sensor=false
requesting Yellowknife IATA but returns JFK airport in NY

http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=YVR+Airport&sensor=false
requesting Vancouver IATA but returns Williams Lake

On May 18, 3:27 am, Venkatraman S <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:39 AM, bscene <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > This would be fine if it worked all the time but it does not. For
> > instance with Sydney, both of the following requests return Sydney
> > NSW, Australia ...
> >http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=Sydney+YQY&sensor...
>
> >http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=Sydney&region=ca&;...
>
> > To get the desired result I need to add the ccTLD to the address
> > parameter instead of the region as follows ...
> >http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=Sydney+ca&sensor=...
>
> > I just need one consistent method for returning the correct city. Any
> > help is greatly appreciated.
>
> This works 
> :http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=YQY+Airport&senso...
> Add 'airport' after the 3 letter IATA code.
>
> -V-http://twitter.com/venkasub
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