Google Maps API Archive

  • Google Maps API part 2: Retrieving Postcodes from your database

    Google Maps API part 2: Retrieving Postcodes from your database

    OK, this is a simple way to get your postcode/ address location returned and displayed via the Google Maps API on your own website. I’ll cover the ‘nearest store locator’ scenario in another post where you want places with a certain radius of an inputted...

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  • Google Maps API part 1: Accurate Geocoding for UK Postcodes

    Google Maps API part 1: Accurate Geocoding for UK Postcodes

    Recently I had to build a system that would take an address, pass it to google and return latitude and longitude values. The result is then stored for later use and display on Google maps. However, firstly I found that the default XML geocoding service...

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