You could do a look up of the stations using the API and then convert the lat/lon coordinates you retrieve to a tile or pixel x,y coordinate system.
Is that what you are wanting to achieve? On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:29 AM, LutraMan <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, mostly addresses, but I actually also need it to find it based > on known points of interest. > The main idea is to create a DB of coordinates from a list of bus > stations, automatically taken from the bus company web page. > I'm very new to programming with 3rd party functions, and to be > honest, I never used APIs. I'm looking for a code that will look > something like that: > > getCoordinates("search term", x, y) // x and y are float > > and now I would like x and y to be the coordinates of the google maps > search term 1st result. > > > On Jun 20, 12:07 pm, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to find a function that gets a search term as text, sends > > > it to google maps to search, and returns the coordinates of the > > > > What kind of search term do you have in mind? Geographic feature, > > postal addresses, business names, political entities, historical > > events, population density .. ? There's usually one or more > > solutions best tailored by type of information. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
