Hello all, I have been experimenting with the code but I'm still unable to get an accurate result. Each address has an unique postal+house number so why can't I search for postal + house number with google maps?
Greetings, Johan On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Johan Arensman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > We have a system that allows you to add addresses by only using a postal > code and a house number in the Netherlands. > > I got it working but it's not pretty and far from accurate because I'm > using 3 geocode requests of which the first is impossible to do directly > with the number. > > 1: geolocate postal + country such as "3267LP, The Netherlands" > 2: reverse geolocate the coords from step 1 for the extra information such > as street etc. > 3: geolocate the extended address. > > But if I use the postal code in the above example, I end up on the > 'Gebrokendijk', I should be on 'Oude Nieuwlandsedijk'. This probably happens > because the first geolocation is done without a house number and the > 'center' or 'start' of this postal zone is closer to that street instead of > the correct one? (no expert here). Is there any way to create a working > geolocation with all the information i have (postal+housenumber+country) ? > > Can you please tell me if there's another way to achieve this? I can't > change the input, i only got postal + house number. > > Here is my code, I've removed any code not related to the geolocation and > added comments. I've also saved this snippet to jsbin: > http://jsbin.com/ugota3/edit for some highlighting > > try { > // test input: > var country = 'The Netherlands'; > var postal = '3267LP'; > var number = '7'; > > // 1: geocode postal and country: > var result = gc.geocode({address: postal+', '+country}, function(results, > status) { > if(status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) { > // 2: reverse geocode the coordinates: > gc.geocode({latLng: results[0].geometry.location}, > function(results, status) { > if(results[0]) { > // get the correctly formatted address: > var address = results[0].formatted_address; > if(results[0].types[0] == 'street_address') { > address = results[0].address_components[1].long_name+' > '+number+', '+postal+' ' > +results[0].address_components[2].long_name+' > '+results[0].address_components[5].long_name; > } else if(results[0].types[0] == 'route') { > address = results[0].address_components[0].long_name+' > '+number+', '+postal+' ' > +results[0].address_components[1].long_name+' > '+results[0].address_components[4].long_name; > } > // 3: geocode the exact address: > gc.geocode({address: address}, function(results, status) { > if(results[0]) { > // create marker: > new google.maps.Marker({ > map: map.map, > position: results[0].geometry.location, > icon: tinyIcon, > title: address > }); > // show address > addressElement.update(address); > } else { > //alert("Geocode 3 was not successful for the > following reason: " + status); > return false; > } > }); > } else { > //alert("Geocode 2 was not successful for the following > reason: " + status); > return false; > } > }); > map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location); > marker.setPosition(results[0].geometry.location); > } else { > //alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + > status); > return false; > } > }); > } catch(e) { > console.error(e); > } > // end > > I really hope you can help me make this script more accurate. > Have i missed something? Am I thinking wrong? Or are these the limits of > the geocoder? > > Greetings, > Johan Arensman > -- 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.
