Hi
So I've written an address verifying form that uses the geocode API. It appears to work on most worldwide addresses except Japanese ones (so far):
Here is an example of a Japanese query:
address: %uFF11-%uFF11%uFF12-3 Dogenzaka, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
api call: http://where.yahooapis.com/geocode?q=%26%2365297%3B-%26%2365297%3B%26%2365298%3B-3%20Dogenzaka,%20Shibuya,%20Tokyo,%20Japan&flags=J
the result:
city: "Tokyo"
country: "Japan"
countrycode: "JP"
county: "Shibuya-ku"
countycode: ""
hash: ""
house: ""
latitude: "35.658491"
line1: ""
line2: "Dogenzaka"
line3: ""
line4: "Japan"
Nothing comes back for a street address. It appears Chinese addresses are similarly difficult to find. I tried to google around for info about this issue but nothing useful yet. Anyone have any clues?
Thanks so much.
