thank you very much for this Andrew..I appreciate it very much On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Andrew Leach <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 14 September 2011 08:48, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Consequently I would guess that 4735 is a peculiar shape and its > > centre -- which is probably what the geocoders return -- isn't near a > > major populated place. > > > > In fact I've just found this > > http://www.postcodes-australia.com/postcodes/4735 which would appear > > to confirm that. > > I've also found this > http://www.aus-emaps.com/postcode_finder.php > which shows that 4735 is tiny and what Google is returning is actually > 4733. This may indicate that 4735 used to be what is now 4733 and > Google haven't updated their data yet. > > Geocoders are (a) dependent on the base data set (b) based on guesswork. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps API V2" 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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.
