I do this with a call to Google Maps API geocode with just zip. Google some examples. No auth code needed.
Dale Bingham On Oct 2, 2011 3:55 PM, "John" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to be able to obtain the long and lat of any given post code > for several countries across the world. > > I did find one website http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/ but > when I started to do some testing, I found that there were errors > within only a few tests that I had carried out. I searched on here > for others but the messages were quite old and didn't find much > searching. > > I don't want each and every street but just the general long,lat for > each postcode so I can store it in my database. I'm trying to achieve > the type of functionality that lets you enter your postcode, select > xMiles and then retrieves the surrounding postcodes. > > Does anyone know of a good website where I can download such data that > is accurate? Or, am I better off using an API like google for > example, and just start grabbing only 15,000 a day. Am I even allowed > to do that using google's API? I ask because I don't intend on using > a google map - well, not at this stage. Something planned further > down the line. I'm a student so can't afford to pay for a service :( > > Cheers, > J > > -- > 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.
