Find the Nearest Store

[johnlanglois]

I am thinking of purchasing Google Maps Pro but I need to know whether the product includes a class that will "find the nearest office." For example, the client provides a zip code or a street address. If we have a table with office locations, can this product process those locations through Google to return an array of office locations within a specified radius?

Thanks.

[Ray Borduin]

That is not included with the google maps product. If you know how to write client side javascript, you could reference the google maps API directly to accomplish something like you describe, but it requires hand coding and not the use of this extension.

[stevegrn199042]

I just built a "Find Closest Store..." application using the database available at http://www.zipcodedownload.com/Products/Product/Z5Commercial/Standard/Overview/ and their Distance & Radius API
code at http://www.zipcodedownload.com/Products/Product/DistanceWizard/Standard/Overview/. I then ran an SQL query and used Google Maps Pro to take care of the mapping. Worked like a charm!

[johnlanglois]

I just built a "Find Closest Store..." application using the database available at http://www.zipcodedownload.com/Products/Product/Z5Commercial/Standard/Overview/ and their Distance & Radius API
code at http://www.zipcodedownload.com/Products/Product/DistanceWizard/Standard/Overview/. I then ran an SQL query and used Google Maps Pro to take care of the mapping. Worked like a charm!

Steve,

Thank you for the lead on the ZipCodeDownload products. How much overhead was involved in taking their info and passing it onto GoogleMaps?

I found an open source routine that will interrogate Google for the latitude and longitude when I provide a zip code, but I have no way of knowing if that information would be any more or less precise that the ZipCodeDownload info.

What has been your experience?