Here's a static map URL which implies a geocoding by address. (This is the corporate HQ of Dun and Bradstreet, incidentally.)
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=103+JFK+Parkway%2CSHORT+HILLS%2C+NJ++07078%2CUNITED+STATES&format=png&zoom=17&markers=103+JFK+Parkway%2CSHORT+HILLS%2C+NJ++07078%2CUNITED+STATES&maptype=hybrid&sensor=false&size=320x300 This is displaying a residential area, showing "Hartshorn Drive" and "Highland Avenue" in Short Hills, NJ, which is the wrong place. If I put the same address string into the main Google Maps system: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=103+JFK+Parkway%2CSHORT+HILLS%2C+NJ++07078%2CUNITED+STATES&z=15 I get the location for that street address. What seems to be happening is that the static maps system isn't doing a full geocode - it's just using the city name and address: "Short Hills, NJ". The main Google Maps system does the full geocode for the same street address. I only see this for some addresses. For most addresses, the static API produces the same location as the main maps API. But not for this one. Bug? John Nagle -- 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.
