[DUG] Access to street maps

[Jeremy Coulter]

yip its free. You just have to register with them to access the Google API
docs etc. I dont know why. Maybe they just want to add your details to their
database :-)

Jeremy

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Leigh Wanstead <leigh.wanstead at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Jeremy,
>
> May I ask to use google maps service is free?
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> TIA
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> Regards
> Leigh
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> 2011/3/14 Jeremy Coulter <jscoulter at gmail.com>
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>>  The other thing to note too if you want to use Google Maps to display
>> locations you need to signup and get a key that you need to pass through
>> each time you make a call which is fine if you will only be calling it from
>> the same location as it is tied to a Domain name.
>>
>> We do exactly what you are doing to show surgery locations and various
>> other things at work. Took a bit of time to figure it out, but it works
>> well.
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>> Also something interesting I noticed the other day. My wife was using
>> Wises online the other day, I noticed they use Google now too...any why not
>> ;-)
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>> Jeremy
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>> *From:* delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz]
>> *On Behalf Of *Steve Peacocke
>> *Sent:* Monday, 14 March 2011 07:28
>> *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>> *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Access to street maps
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>> Hi Mark,
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>> You will need to change the address to the XY coordinates in order to
>> display the map. Yes, all is possible using JavaScript and the Google Maps
>> API.
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>> http://code.google.com/apis/maps/index.html
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>> and
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>> http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/
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>> Steve Peacocke
>> Mobile: 0220 612-611
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>> Linkedin Professional Profile<http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/steve-peacocke/1/a06/489>
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>>  On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 7:22 AM, mark <wcsl at kol.co.nz> wrote:
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>> I have a D2009 application which holds the addresses of employees and the
>> customers they service.
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>> Is there a way that I can display a map with a selected address?
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>> Ideally, I would also like to be able to get the distance between two
>> addresses.
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>> I assume that this information is available from Google or Wises, but have
>> no idea how to go about accessing it. I’m guessing it will be a Web Service,
>> with which I have limited experience (I have an interface to one).
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>> Any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.
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>> Mark
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