On May 30, 12:56 pm, ScottE <scottcel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, Is there a master list of locations and their spellings for > Google Maps API?
No. > I'm a non-programmer who's about to find/hire a > programmer to add some custom Google Maps functionality to my site, > and I want to know what's available first. > I want my site to automatically show a Google Map of certain locations > I mention in my text, but to do that I think I'd need to know > beforehand which spellings Google uses for places; whether a search > for, say, "Georgetown" will show Washington, DC, or the capital of > Guyana; and if a location is even "findable" on Google Maps. The best way to do it is to provide the latitude and longitude of the locations you want shown on your map. The Google Maps API provides a geocoder to do this mapping for locations that are entered dynamically, but it is not the best use of resources to geocode lots of places that won't move on the fly. -- Larry > > Sorry if this is an easily answerable question. I did search the group > before I posted. > > Thanks a lot, > Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Maps-API@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
