> they have assigned me a task for a customer who delivers teaching > staff to anyone who needs it...ultimately the customer wants a google > map on a webpage where they can enter a postcode for a shift > location...and have all staff within a certain distance plotted around > that shift so they can choose the most appropriate one. (postcodes for > shift & staff are in database)
I would start by having a look here http://code.google.com/apis/maps/articles/geocodestrat.html If need be, you may need to persuade the database manager that for an effective and efficient solution for the problem they've given you, the database needs to be adapted to also hold lat/longs. Else you are going to have to extract the entire database content for geocoding at every run, just to find out which ones are closest. If you overcome that hurdle, the next steps are here http://code.google.com/apis/maps/articles/phpsqlsearch_v3.html -- 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
