Hi Dale, Ah, just learned that Zip code is the same thing as a post code. Lost in translation ;)
That looks very interesting! Cheers for sending that along and I will explore that option. I'm a bit stuck upon how I should approach this because I'm going to need a collection of lat/lons based upon a single postcode's lat/long. Please see my last response to Andrew for the gist of what I'm trying to achieve. When I first thought about it, I thought that my approach would be easiest achieve if I had the data myself. Fun this is... :) All the best, J On Oct 2, 9:36 pm, Dale Bingham <[email protected]> wrote: > http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address="; + > (System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode(address) + "&sensor=false > > I use this URL, and pass in JUST the ZIP code, w/o any kind of Google API > authentication token, just using this URL. Go to this URL in Chrome, and > then replace the (system.web.xxxxxxx) with your ZipCode. Include the > sensor=false in the URL string. > > This returns a JSON object. I parse it out and get the location lat and long > from it. Get a web response and then pull it out of the response string. My > "oController" code saves the geo coords into a database for use later. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > string str = null; > using (Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream()) > { > using (StreamReader streamReader = new > StreamReader(stream)) > { > str = streamReader.ReadToEnd(); > } > } > GeoResponse geoResponse = > JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<GeoResponse>(str); > if (geoResponse.Status == "OK") > { > int count = geoResponse.Results.Length; > for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) > { > this.ScheduleHistoryItem.AddLogNote("BusinessID: > " + BusinessID + ".<br />"); > this.ScheduleHistoryItem.AddLogNote("latitude: " > + geoResponse.Results[i].Geometry.Location.Lat.ToString() + ".<br />"); > this.ScheduleHistoryItem.AddLogNote("longitude: > " + geoResponse.Results[i].Geometry.Location.Lng.ToString() + ".<br />"); > > // update the database with the Geo Coord from > Google Maps API > > oController.UpdateProspectGeoCoordsinDB(BusinessID, > geoResponse.Results[i].Geometry.Location.Lat.ToString(), > geoResponse.Results[i].Geometry.Location.Lng.ToString()); > > i = count; > } > } > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dale Bingham > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 4:13 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Dale, > > > Cheers for yoru reply. I searched for that "just zip" but didn't find > > anything. Sorry, not sure what you mean by auth code? Auth code for > > what? > > > Kind regards, > > John > > > > 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 websitehttp://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. > > -- > Dale Bingham > [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" group. 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