I work for a company that has multiple addresses for our providers (100,000+), with addresses getting added and removed often. The plan is to revamp our website so users can enter in address information, and we'll display the provider addresses that are the closest. There will be a link that will allow the users to get a map and/or directions.
So, there's four different pieces to this process where we could use the Google API: 1. Get the lat/long of each provider address we currently have, and store in a database. 2. Get the lat/long of the address the user enters. We'd then figure out distance based on math using the lat/long of the address and the database. 3. If the user chooses a link, get a map and directions of the two addresses. 4. Update the lat/long of each new provider address we get as part of a nightly batch process. I was wondering how much of this we could do with the Google API? It seems that because of 10.3, 10.6, and 10.12, that we could only do parts 2 and 3, because parts 1 and 4 would constitute a batch service? But the user may not click on the link to see directions, so can we do part 2 with the Google API? We can go to another third party that will give us lat/long based on address, but we'd like to keep everything with the same API as much as possible. We're also willing to do a Google Premier membership if needed. I was hoping someone could clarify this. Thanks in advance. -- 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.
