On Oct 5, 6:46 am, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > I am facing different latitudes and longitudes for geocoding the > following address: > > "Las Catalinas Mall PR-52" in Puerto Rico > > Searching in google maps I get > this:http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=6463582446009931222&q=Las+Catal... > > Position 1: 18.237279,-66.040589
That is returning a google places listing. It is not using the geocoder. Google Maps has many different data sources available to it in addition to the geocoder. > > Use the geo coding service > > http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=Las%20Catalinas%2... > > Position 2: 18.0484006, -65.8812013 > > Now compare the two coordinates and getting about 50km difference This is also applicable: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#geocoder_differences -- Larry > > http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=6463582446009931222&q=Las+Catal... -- 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.
