The swarm hordes are on the case:
http://del.icio.us/popular/
geolocation
http://del.icio.us/tags/geolocation
I gather google doesn't have the license from Navteq to reveal a pure
address -> geoloc API. I gather yahoo has a license for such a
service (
http://developer.yahoo.net/maps/rest/V1/geocode.html).
People seem interested in
http://geocoder.us/
As is typical of this area all licensing issues are cloudy - "ask
again later", fear the bait and switch.
- ben
On Jan 12, 2006, at 9:03 AM, Eric Miller wrote:
> Anyone willing to help create a list of geo-referencing services
> available? I can see the need for making this a configurable option
> in future code releases.
>
> --
> eric miller http://www.w3.org/people/em/
> semantic web activity lead http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
> w3c world wide web consortium http://www.w3.org/
>
>
>
> On Jan 12, 2006, at 1:18 AM, dfhuynh_at_csail.mit.edu wrote:
>
>> Sorry all, my quick fix to Google Maps change has a side effect
>> that it returns
>> Kansas for all addresses that could not be mapped. This is because
>> the fix
>> looks for the "center" variable in the response from Google Maps,
>> and Google
>> Maps centers itself on Kansas if it can't locate an address...
>>
>> David
>>
>
>
Received on Thu Jan 12 2006 - 16:29:43 EST