On Sep 13, 1:05 am, Johan Arensman <johanm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have been experimenting with the code but I'm still unable to get an > accurate result. Each address has an unique postal+house number so why can't > I search for postal + house number with google maps?
I don't think your use case it the main one for the geocoder. http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/services.html#Geocoding Says this: Geocoding Geocoding is the process of converting addresses (like "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA") into geographic coordinates (like latitude 37.423021 and longitude -122.083739), which you can use to place markers or position the map. I'm not sure it can recognize a postcode + house number as an address. -- Larry > > Greetings, > Johan > > > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Johan Arensman <johanm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > We have a system that allows you to add addresses by only using a postal > > code and a house number in the Netherlands. > > > I got it working but it's not pretty and far from accurate because I'm > > using 3 geocode requests of which the first is impossible to do directly > > with the number. > > > 1: geolocate postal + country such as "3267LP, The Netherlands" > > 2: reverse geolocate the coords from step 1 for the extra information such > > as street etc. > > 3: geolocate the extended address. > > > But if I use the postal code in the above example, I end up on the > > 'Gebrokendijk', I should be on 'Oude Nieuwlandsedijk'. This probably happens > > because the first geolocation is done without a house number and the > > 'center' or 'start' of this postal zone is closer to that street instead of > > the correct one? (no expert here). Is there any way to create a working > > geolocation with all the information i have (postal+housenumber+country) ? > > > Can you please tell me if there's another way to achieve this? I can't > > change the input, i only got postal + house number. > > > Here is my code, I've removed any code not related to the geolocation and > > added comments. I've also saved this snippet to jsbin: > >http://jsbin.com/ugota3/editfor some highlighting > > > try { > > // test input: > > var country = 'The Netherlands'; > > var postal = '3267LP'; > > var number = '7'; > > > // 1: geocode postal and country: > > var result = gc.geocode({address: postal+', '+country}, function(results, > > status) { > > if(status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) { > > // 2: reverse geocode the coordinates: > > gc.geocode({latLng: results[0].geometry.location}, > > function(results, status) { > > if(results[0]) { > > // get the correctly formatted address: > > var address = results[0].formatted_address; > > if(results[0].types[0] == 'street_address') { > > address = results[0].address_components[1].long_name+' > > '+number+', '+postal+' ' > > +results[0].address_components[2].long_name+' > > '+results[0].address_components[5].long_name; > > } else if(results[0].types[0] == 'route') { > > address = results[0].address_components[0].long_name+' > > '+number+', '+postal+' ' > > +results[0].address_components[1].long_name+' > > '+results[0].address_components[4].long_name; > > } > > // 3: geocode the exact address: > > gc.geocode({address: address}, function(results, status) { > > if(results[0]) { > > // create marker: > > new google.maps.Marker({ > > map: map.map, > > position: results[0].geometry.location, > > icon: tinyIcon, > > title: address > > }); > > // show address > > addressElement.update(address); > > } else { > > //alert("Geocode 3 was not successful for the > > following reason: " + status); > > return false; > > } > > }); > > } else { > > //alert("Geocode 2 was not successful for the following > > reason: " + status); > > return false; > > } > > }); > > map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location); > > marker.setPosition(results[0].geometry.location); > > } else { > > //alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + > > status); > > return false; > > } > > }); > > } catch(e) { > > console.error(e); > > } > > // end > > > I really hope you can help me make this script more accurate. > > Have i missed something? Am I thinking wrong? Or are these the limits of > > the geocoder? > > > Greetings, > > Johan Arensman- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
