cUrl alternative - so can use Google Maps Geocoding

[johnsmith153]

I am using cUrl to access the Google Maps geocoding service. It sends a http request and returns the data.

 

As I am on a cloud platform, when I use cUrl the IP that is used is one shared ny thousands. I believe it is possible that the IP has been blocked.

 

So I can have control in future and manage my own usage (rather than trust other users with that IP), I need to look at an alternative.

 

I save latitude and longtitude data - ready for displaying on a map when needed (which IS allowed under Googles terms & conditions) - and I do this just before database insert when adding a record.

[premiso]

I believe you can get an API key and use Googles API, they shouldn't ban you from that as long as you are passing a valid API key to them using that functionality.

 

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/

[roopurt18]

I don't see what this has to do with cURL.  Sounds to me like you either need a valid API key as suggested by premiso or set up a proxy of some sort.

[johnsmith153]

I am talking about this:

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/index.html

 

...and as it is done by http, Google will limit requests by IP, not the API key.

 

Other methods are done by a javasript call - i.e. you specify an address and the Google js code converts it (I imagine doing an Ajax call) to the lat / long values.

 

As I am not using this to plot values on a map yet, just creating a new database record (all server-side code of course) and am just storing the lat/long values in the db, I can't really use the js methods. This is definitely ok as per Google t&c's, as long as I am storing values for use to plot on a Google map later.