First thing I notice is that "X and Y" will not return the intersection you are looking for, it rather returns city X, so "Y and X" returns city Y.
If you replace the "and" with an & both return the same: http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=steeles+%26+bathurst,+toronto+on&sensor=false http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=bathurst+%26+steeles,+toronto+on&sensor=false Looking at the map, I think you want the intersection at 43.79244,-79.44574 and this result is some 2 miles off down Steeles Ave W. Adding Av and St to the road names I get just one result: http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=bathurst+st+%26+steeles+av,+toronto+on&sensor=false Yet this is Steeles Ave W & Yonge St, not the intersection I think you are after. "Steeles Ave W & Yonge St, Toronto" returns the correct intersection, "Steeles Ave & Bathurst St, Toronto" does not. I've no idea why this happens but there is a way you can report this: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/10/your-world-your-map.html Cheers, Miguel On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 06:53, Kevin Branigan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Previously working geocoding no longer working properly: > > If you take these two examples, which are the same location, they > return different results - both of which are thoroughly wrong. > > > http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=steeles+and+bathurst,+toronto+on&sensor=false > > http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=bathurst+and+steeles,+toronto+on&sensor=false > > not sure what to do about this, but I feel like the result quality > generally in Toronto has gone down - also the new API doesn't give > decent accuracy information (or support CSV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-maps-js-api-v3%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=en.
