Updates to the Google Maps Geocoding Web Service

Google have released a new version of their geocoding web service, details here. Geocoding is the process of translating an address to an approximate location in terms of latitude and longitude (approximate is misleading, it can be very accurate). Reverse geocoding is the process of taking latitude and longitude coordinates and translating that to an address. Updates in the service include: Support for the changes to v3 of the JavaScript API Requests no longer require a Maps API key Google Maps…

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