For a project I'm working on we are using the Google Geocoding API to determine the latitude/longitude for an address, and then show it on a map. We use the Geocoding API instead of directly in Javascript, because we store the latitude/longitude so we can search by distance in our database.
Latitude/Longitude is saved in a MySQL Database, fieldtype 'POINT'. Now, it seems that in some cases the results are a little bit off. I've got two samples here: This one is on "N 11th Street" while it -should- be on "N 7th Street". geocoding gave us: 37.3429889,-121.8815307 manually in google maps: 37.353341,-121.894705 This one also is a little off, but still close to the actual target (test address in google maps) geocoding gave us: 37.5302047,-122.229084 manual in google maps: 37.543012,-122.234123 Now I thought it might have been a rounding error, but I don't see how it can be with these results. For example, how would 37.543012 round to 37.5302047.. I've searched a bit but ended up at a loss.. while it's not critical to be 100% accurate, it would sure be nice if we can at least display the right street, or not in the middle of a lake. Besides them being off, sometimes results are inconsistent (return a different city for example) as well.. but from what I understand this is normal behaviour? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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.
