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 More options Oct 7 2008, 8:14 am
From: "geocode...@gmail.com" <geocode...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 17:14:34 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Tues, Oct 7 2008 8:14 am
Subject: Re: Retrieving County Based on Zip Code
On Oct 6, 3:57 pm, g2m <jmaht...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi - I am just getting started with the Google Maps API. I am building
> an application that based on the user's entered zipcode, I will need
> to identify the county and state for that zip code. Is there a
> function available in the google maps API that will return the county
> and state?

That may (or may not) be available as part of the geocoder's response
to:
GClientGeocoder.getLocations(address, callback)
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/reference.html#GClient...

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/services.html#Geocoding

There have been complaints about the inconsistency of the returned
data, see:
http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=606
http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=611
http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=635

  -- Larry


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