On Nov 22, 9:48 am, xbender <[email protected]> wrote: > 1) what is the best (free!?) geocoding service to use for such a large > amount of data? I dont have to do it all at once. I am willing to > populate my db little by little, but the service should be free I don't think you'd be able to use Googles geocoder, as the terms say you MUST use the results on a Google map. There are some links to other geocoders here: http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/web/resources-non-google-geocoders But you'd have to check the terms of each one.
> 2) is it possible to color just a street (entire street) without > having any other data than just the street name? If you think about it, no. If you geocode a street name you'll get a point at the middle of the street, if you're lucky, but it could be anywhere along the sreet. If you had a point at the start & end of the street you could draw a straight line, but how many streets are straight lines? You need the points for all the turns & corners that follow the street. -- 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=.
