On Mar 30, 7:08 am, fs <[email protected]> wrote:
> Reverse geocoding works great for getting the coordinates of a valid
> postal address. The API call, however, does not return a point or
> array of points if the query is something like 'www.mcdonalds.com'. If
> you pass this search term intohttp://maps.Google.com, it does show
> every McDonalds within the current viewport. Is there a way to utilize
> the API in the same way thathttp://maps.google.comhandles this?


Geocoding is not about burgers.

Look at the Ajax Search API instead:
http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/

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>
> As an example:
>
> ....
> var geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();
>
> function showAddress(address, fullContactHtml) {
>     geocoder.getLatLng(address,
>                 function(point) {
> /********** 'point' is null here when this function is called
> *************/
>                     var marker = new GMarker(point);
>                     map.addOverlay(marker);
>                     marker.bindInfoWindow(fullContactHtml);
>                 })
>
> }
>
> showAddress("www.mcdonalds.com", "<b>MacDonald's</b>");

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