> Even if I have the exact lat/long, the Reverse Gecoding doesn't show > me the exact location on the maps. Let me know if there is a better > way to do it
Perhaps you are misunderstanding what a reverse geocoder does. You give it a lat/long, it searches in its database for the nearest 'thing' it knows - usually an address. If you give a point in the ocean, you get nothing back. If you give a point on the beach, you might get some nearby coastal address - and a new lat/long point for that address. If you give a point near the end of a street, you might get a nearby address on that same street (and a point for that) - or you might get an address in the next street (and a point for that) or you might get the middle of the 'right' street. If you give a point in someone's back yard, it might return the 'right' address but a different point for their front door. Or it might just give you the middle of that town. It all depends how much the geocoder knows, which is never everything. In most of the world, the geocoder does not 'know' every address on every street; it can often make some guesses, and some are better than others. You can try different geocoders (see http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/web/resources-non-google-geocoders) and almost certainly not get the same answers. If you don't want to use the lat/long that you get back from a reverse geocoder, don't use it. Use what you started out with. cheers, Ross K --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
