Search for city + country now (since recently) returns multiple answers, for instance "London, United Kingdom"

[hsallander]

Hi,

Does anyone know why, since recently, a url search to Google Maps with a nicely specified query (city + country) returns multiple answers? For instance,

http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?output=xml&oe=utf-8&key=&q=London%2C+United+Kingdom

which is a search for "London, United Kingdom". It returns multiple answers, as will a search for "New York, USA". Why is that? How much more specific should a query for a city have to be.. specifying the city and  country should surely be enough to get a unique hit, right? Or have am I missing something here.. ? (it has worked flawlessly with the exact same query up until just recently).

Thanks!

[Chris Broadfoot]

Hi,

I can't reproduce that. BTW - that is the old geocoder. Try the new one:

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?sensor=false&address=London%2C%20United%20Kingdom

Sounds like a transient failure, though.

Cheers

Chris

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