On Dec 29, 10:34 am, pedro queiroga <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey
>
> i'm having trouble fetching an address using the geocoder. when i use
> this address (RUA IVONE SILVA, 6 4, EDIFÍCIO ARCIS LISBOA PORTUGAL) on
> google maps, it returns the marker correctly, but on my geocoder
> script, it points elsewhere...shouldn't they be equal?

Not necessarily.
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#geocoder_differences

The geocoder is returning :
  "address": "Lisbon, Portugal",
    "Accuracy": 4

Looks like google maps is using a local search result, not the
geocoder:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=RUA+IVONE+SILVA,+6+4,+EDIF%C3%8DCIO+ARCIS+LISBOA+PORTUGAL&sll=31.644029,35.038147&sspn=0.569354,1.352692&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=RUA+IVONE+SILVA,+6+4,+EDIF%C3%8DCIO+ARCIS&hnear=Lisbon,+Portugal&ll=38.726367,-9.161224&spn=0.061871,0.169086&z=13

  -- Larry


>
> i don't think it's the code problem, but nevertheless, the link 
> ishttp://directorio.informadb.pt/Entidade_INTERGRAPH-PORTUGAL-SISTEMAS-...
>
> online, the address isn't the same(it lacks LISBOA to it), that's why
> it doesn't show anything
>
> thanks in advance

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