On 15 abr, 20:41, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Before starting development, is there any suggested way to query for a
> > postcode and get all the localities?
> Not really.  The Google geocoder is intended to return a best guess at
> a single postal address, though it may return several possibilities
> where the target is unclear.  The best possible result from a postcode-
> only query would therefore be a single point representing the centroid
> of the postcode area.  It's just not a postcode query service.
> I don't know if any of the alternatives would do better 
> -http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/web/resources-non-goog...

Ok, I see it, word "centroid" helps a lot.

Now the question is whether there is an API query for finding
localities around a point or inside a rectangle, any answer is
appreciated.

If not, the mixed GeoNames- GM API solution may be the way to go.

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