On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Till <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> this is more of a general question. I am trying to use hotel names to
> find the hotel's locations and display them on a map.
> Using maps.google.com I can easily search for e.g. "Sheraton
> Birmingham Hotel, Birmingham, United States" and Google Maps shows me
> the correct location.
> However, when I am using the Google Maps API, I am always getting an
> error that the address can not be geocoded (HTTP return code 602).
>
> I am using the GClientGeocoder like this:
> geocoder.getLocations(hotelName + ', ' + city + ', ' + country,
> addAddressToMap);
>
> Is what I am trying to do possible at all with the Google Maps API?
>
> Tutorials and examples always only show geocoding exact addresses but
> not geocoding "a search term".
>
> [...]


OK, it seems like I need to use Google Local Search API for this. Map API
seems to be only for handling the UI elements, right? I found an example on
which I can build here:
http://code.google.com/intl/de/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/#CustomSearchForm

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