On May 9, 5:32 pm, Alex Matulich <anachron...@gmail.com> wrote: > Using the Google Maps V3 API, I tried geolocating "Barberian's Steak > House" and no other address information, like this: > > http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Barberian's%20St... > > It returns zero results.
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#geocoder_differences > > However, I do get a result if I visit the Google Maps website with > this URL:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Barberian's+Steak+House Those are "local search" results, not geocoder results (which by definition finds geographic coordinates for "addresses" (usually postal addresses). > > Is there any way to get the API to return the same result, with just > the establishment name and no address? Investigate the Places 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-v3@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.
