On Nov 11, 8:36 pm, rick <ricon...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am writing an iPhone app, basically a flyer for a handful of stores. > If the user likes an item advertised for store X, I'm giving them the > option > to see (on a map) where the closest store X is to them. > > It's like the 'Maps' app on the iPhone: I can type in > "Starbucks" (say), > and pins will drop showing the stores closest to where I am. > > How can I recreate that functionality in my app? It is unclear to me > which API I could use, and even if it is available to me. > > The alternative would be to maintain a database (long & lat) of > known locations of these stores. (And why would I want to do that, > when it is clear that Google is already doing it?) > > Thanks, I hope this question is not too general.
Investigate the "Local Search API": http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3/search?group=google-maps-js-api-v3&q=local+search (available from google, but not part of the maps api) -- Larry -- 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.
