On Jan 17, 3:10 pm, cubangt <[email protected]> wrote: > Im implementing a search on our site.. since all our records are > stored with Lat and long i think i need to use geocoding to pass in > the address they enter, but in return i need the lat and long for that > address so i can pass it to my query.
that is the main purpose of a geocoder, to convert (postal) addresses to latitude and longitude coordinates. > > Is it possible to pass in a address say "Dallas, Tx" and have the lat > and long of that returned so it can be passed into my query? No one > needs to see the values, just when you when you enter it, it converts > it to lat and long. Have you looked at the documentation for the geocoder? http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/v2/reference.html#GClientGeocoder or the geocoding web service? http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/ -- Larry > > thank you. -- 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.
