On 18-09-15 17:54, R.Smith wrote: > > As an aside, you know you can already do this via a Google API right? > That is, you can find a GPS location for an address or approximate > address (city & postal code will do). Usually, if the address is not > specific, the nearest road intersection GPS is given or indeed 4 GPS > points that denotes the bounding box encircling the area. > The country is not needed unless the city and postal code combination > is ambiguous... so safer to add. > > You can do the reverse too, supply a GPS and obtain an address or > approximate address where ambiguous. > > As long as you hit less than 1,000 requests per day, the service is free. > > Results are returned usually in under 2 seconds in nice full XML or JSON. > > Here's an example using my postal detail - one XML and one JSON: > https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=Midrand+1684+South+Africa&language=en > > > https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Midrand+1684+South+Africa&language=en > > > >
This does not work in the Neterlands, because from the postcode only the digits are returned i.e. the address of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=Museumstraat 1 Amersdam Nederland&language=en postcode is returned as '1071', which should be '1071 XX'
