Ok I understood your idea! I just want to show the approximate area where the user lives. This way my users will know who is around without knowing the exact address.
hugs On 18 jun, 06:12, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 17, 10:44 pm, Benê <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I need help for develop app using just postal code for searches using > > maps api. My users will enter your zip code in a form on my website > > that will store in my Database MySql and my maps app will request the > > location using this zip code in my database. How can I get the api > > only the zip code in my DB? > > So your database will contain a zipcode for each user, and then you > want to geocode that zipcode to display a map? That's inefficient. > > A better way of doing this would be to store the zipcode in the > database *and* its geocoded coordinates. You could even check whether > the zipcode already exists (eg by having a normalised table of > zipcodes) and only geocode it if you haven't already got it. Or, you > could get the user to geocode their own position by using something > like John's utilityhttp://maps.huge.info/pinpointaddress.htm, and > storing the *actual* location in the DB instead of a generalised > zipcode location. When the user enters the zipcode, show the map and > get them to move the marker; then send the marker's location back to > the DB along with the rest of the form data. -- 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.
