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Yahoo! Maps is a free online mapping portal provided by Yahoo!.

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Geocode multiple addresses

I need to geocode around 200 addresses per request and do around 3,000 request per day. I will be doing this server side using PHP. I have looked at How to convert an address to a latitude/longitude?, but could not find a way for either Google Maps…
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Calculate longitude/latitude

Given the following input: known longitudes/latitudes of 1..n locations known distance between locations 1..n and another location "m" How can I calculate the longitude/latitude of the location "m"?
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Is there a way to access the Bing Maps geocoding API via REST?

Is there a way to access the Bing Maps API via REST to obtain geocoding information from an address? This is something that's trivial to do with Google and Yahoo; what I'm looking for is functionality like this, from…
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How do I get local business results using google maps API

Is there any google/Yahoo/Bing API which gives local business results based on a ZIP/GeoCode of a location? If yes, please let me know. If Google Maps has such service, please let me know what where do I get a reference regarding that?
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Avoid hanging when closing a Yahoo map with lots of markers

I have a Yahoo map with lots of markers (~500). The map performs well enough until I close the page, at which point it pauses (in Firefox) and brings up a "Stop running this script?" dialog (in IE7). If given long enough the script does complete its…
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API Yahoo India Maps

Yahoo has separate map for India ( which has more details than the regular maps.yahoo.com) at http://in.maps.yahoo.com/ . But when I use the API it goes to default map. How do I get API access to YMaps India?
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need a mapping service like google maps - but for my intranet

i have built a solution around google maps api but realized that it doesn't work when i deploy it to my intranet. after reading it seems like you need the premier service for this. Is there any other similar maps api tools that you can use free on…
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Combining two queries in Yahoo YQL

I want to get the weather information for a specific location. Right now, I need to calls to get them: The first one translated my current position (lat/lon) to a WOEID, the second call retrieves the Weather information by using that WOEID. Can I…
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Google equivalent to Yahoo Placemaker

Does Google has a service similar to Yahoo! Placemaker: Developers specify structured and unstructured content; feeds, web pages, news, status articles, etc. Placemaker identifies, disambiguates and extracts places Placemaker returns geographic…
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How do I convert from a location (address) String to a YGeoPoint in Yahoo Maps API?

I have a list of addresses from a Database for which I'd like to put markers on a Yahoo Map. The addMarker() method on YMap takes a YGeoPoint, which requires a latitude and longitude. However, Yahoo Maps must know how to convert from addresses…
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How can I look up City and State using Zip or Postal Code throughout the world using an API or web service with PHP?

How can I look up City and State From a Zip or Postal Code throughout the world using an API or web service with PHP? I have tried Google Maps Ge coder API, which works fine for US and Canada but not for UK and Mexico for all countries. Also I used…
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Suitable map API for tracking

What is the most suitable map API for vehicle tracking and fleet management service? FYI, from Google map terms of service- License restricted for- (c) dispatch, fleet management, business asset tracking, or similar enterprise applications (the…
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Plotting 500 US cities to a map

I have 500 US cities in a MySQL table. I have the city name, state, longitude and latitude. I want to visually see these cities plotted on a map of the US. How can I do this? Are they any free tools available? Google Maps or Google Earth maybe?…
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google maps api geocoding

This question is regarding the google Maps API geocoding, I'm able to geocode an address and show the location, but this works when the address is valid. When it's not valid(there is an error),right now, I'm showing a smart message which says there…
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Custom map data providers in Google Maps for AS3

I'm using Google Map component for AS3 and I want to display map data, provided by OpenStreetMap, Bing Maps, and Yahoo Maps. Is this permitted by Google and these map data providers? I have created custom map types for these map data providers and…
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