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Apart from the most obvious (being accurate) I would say well documented API and properly localised results

• freyfogle 12y ago
  thanks for commenting. If you don't mind, what exactly do you mean by "well localised"? Can you give me an example, ideally via a service you're currently using that is doing it badly. Cheers.
  • singlow 12y ago
    The Google geocoding service returns a normalized address in addition to the lat/lon. There are times I need that address localized for the area it is in, and other times I need it localized for another culture. It would be very useful to be able to specify which locale the return value should be.
    • freyfogle 12y ago
      makes sense, can you give me a specific example?
      • natch 12y ago
        In China all the maps are in Chinese. There are times when I want them in English. I assume this is what the poster means.
        • tzaman 12y ago
          Partially yes, plus the formatting, for example, some locales have zip in front of the city while some do it the other way around.