[Google Maps API v3] Re: Geocoding question

2012-02-09 Thread Rossko
> The thing is that the reporter puts "Kennedy Center" into the geocode tag, > and he doesn't know lat/lng. Given that there is more than one "Kennedy Center" in the whole world, can you give any further clues for the geocoder? Note that the geocoder is for converting addresses to lat/longs, it'

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Geocoding question

2012-02-09 Thread Ben Hopkins
The thing is that the reporter puts "Kennedy Center" into the geocode tag, and he doesn't know lat/lng. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/g

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Geocoding question

2012-02-08 Thread Alan Pearce
I have seen the same thing. A better approach would be to store the lat/lng of the location so you don't have to geocode it every time. On Feb 7, 10:54 pm, Ben Hopkins wrote: > We (Tribune Technology) use a javascript app to maintain geocode-type tags > for stories on the web sites.  It used to b