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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 15:32:27 +0000
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2008/12/8 mapperzUK <mapp...@googlemail.com>:
>
> lat&lng back-to-front too
> 1.4312610, 51.3558470

Actully I dont beleive so, its always been like that. The JSON format
is based on KML - which has it that way round.

http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/kmlreference.html#coordinates


>
> should be
> 51.3558470,1.4312610
>
> Flat structure would be good.
>
> Bounding Box would be good.
>
> Mapperz
> http://mapperz.blogspot.com/
>
> On Dec 8, 2:58 pm, marcelo <marcelo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> No bounding box to be seen, and no flat structure either. :-(
>>
>> Furthermore, the query is "St. Lawrence Ave.", but the address
>> returned is "Luton Ave."
>> Did that street change name recently? (Pamela?)
>>
>> --
>> Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu
>> --
>>
>> On Dec 8, 9:36 am, "Neil.Young" <Neil.Yo...@Freenet.de> wrote:
>>
>> > I don't see it either. A download box pops up... Using only parts of the
>> > url doesn't help either..
>>
>> > pamela (Google Employee) schrieb:
>>
>> > > It's out there now. Enjoy!
>> > >http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?output=jsonl&oe=utf-8&q=St%20Lawrence...
>> > > <http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?output=jsonl&oe=utf-8&q=St%20Lawrence...>
>>
>> > > - pamela
>>
>> > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Erik Frey <erikf...@gmail.com
>> > > <mailto:erikf...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> > >     Hi Pamela,
>>
>> > >     Would just like to chime in that this would be a very useful feature.
>> > >     I hope it emerges one day!
>>
>> > >     Erik
>>
>> > >     On Nov 3, 3:32 am, "pamela (Google Employee)" <pamela...@gmail.com
>> > >     <mailto:pamela...@gmail.com>>
>> > >     wrote:
>> > >     > Hi Kevin-
>> > >     > We expect the change to go out in the next few weeks, but we, of
>> > >     course,
>> > >     > cannot make guarantees.
>> > >     > - pamela
>>
>> > >     > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Kevin Menard
>> > >     > <kevin.men...@snapmylife.com
>> > >     <mailto:kevin.men...@snapmylife.com>>wrote:
>>
>> > >     > > Hi Pamela,
>>
>> > >     > > Correct.  Apologies for the loose terminology.
>>
>> > >     > > Do you have a status update on this by chance?  We've been
>> > >     holding off
>> > >     > > on rolling our own bounding box calculation, figuring Google
>> > >     could do
>> > >     > > it better than we could.  But, if it's going to be a while longer,
>> > >     > > we'll probably have to pull the trigger.
>>
>> > >     > > Thanks,
>> > >     > > Kevin
>>
>> > >     > > On Sep 30, 1:18 pm, "pamela (Google Employee)"
>> > >     <pamela...@gmail.com <mailto:pamela...@gmail.com>>
>> > >     > > wrote:
>> > >     > > > Kevin-
>> > >     > > > This would be available in the HTTP Geocoder output and JS/Flash
>> > >     > > > Geocoder functions. (I assume by static you mean HTTP).
>>
>> > >     > > > Marcelo-
>> > >     > > > Interesting idea.
>>
>> > >     > > > By the way, we're waiting another few weeks before releasing
>> > >     this change.
>>
>> > >     > > > - pamela
>>
>>
> >
>



-- 
Barry

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