Like other responders, I assume your "locations" are street addresses that you want to geocode.
The first question is whether your use of these geocoded coordinates is solely for display in Google API maps. If not, then the Google Maps API is the wrong platform and this group is the wrong venue. If so, and you want to capture these coordinates and cache them in your database, then legally it depends on how many locations. You say you have "a large list." Google's terms of service are just as vague, but prohibit caching anything but "limited amounts" of content. Legalities aside, be aware that geocoding is inherently error-prone. If you are willing to ignore errors -- both errors of omission where the addrsses are not geocoded at all and errors of commission where the location is mapped to grossly wrong coordinates -- then methods such as batchgeocode.com might be for you. That site, like many "free" geocoding sites, by design discards errors and warnings detected by its internal source (Yahoo) and just plots the results, warts and all. If your purpose has higher quality standards, you need a geocoder that will report such errors and warnings to you. Professional-level geocoding services typically provide such descriptions of the accuracy of each transaction, which you can use to set your own quality threshhold. Then you need to design your own process to deal intelligently with such cases of error or ambiguity. On Dec 3, 1:04 am, greenhorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have a large list of locations for which i need the coordinates > is there a way to automate the whole process?? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
