+1 to that. I did it for the now defunct whatsforsteaktoday. Upside it's entirely client side, and since Google just knows everything there is to know, it's almost impossible it won't return anything.
On Sunday, December 5, 2010, Jason Crane <[email protected]> wrote: > I wrote some code to take a business name, and a postcode and do an address > lookup via google ajax search. (had local db of postcodes/suburbs and > lat/long co-ords to centre the search). I then present the users with a > dropdown to select their address from a list (after wrangling the json). > > The only downside is that google needs to know about the business, and it > will usually return multiple addresses. > > I'm sure others have more elegant solutions - but mine works :) > > J > > On 05/12/2010, at 6:53 AM, Gregory McIntyre wrote: > >> Anyone have any ideas on the best way to take business names and turn >> them into addresses of those businesses, via web API, scraping or any >> other means? >> >> -- >> Gregory McIntyre >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- http://awesomebydesign.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en.
