[Google Maps API v3] Why do Google maps and Google maps api geocoders act differently?

2012-03-19 Thread Shreerang Patwardhan
Hello members. I was wondering why is there a difference in the geocoding results in Google Maps website and the Google Maps API for the same address string? I dug out the internet for answers and found a few things. I have put together all of that in a post

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Why do Google maps and Google maps api geocoders act differently?

2012-03-19 Thread Rossko
The API geocoder is a postal address geocoder. Things like brussels (this is a nice place) are not well-formed postal addresses, and the geocoder struggles with them. You do have to look at all the results returned, not just the first one. They may not be in the order you expect. The geocoder