Google geolocation & Open Street Maps

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    Spencer Culpin
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    Hi,

    Open Street Maps is terrible for Geo Location, not accurate and often getting the location formatting completely wrong. Can we have an option to use the Google API for Geo Location when creating a new listing and use the Open Street Maps to show just the maps on a listing or search results page?

    The reason for this is to save money for popular sites as Google can get very expensive, especially if a Google map is shown on every listing viewed. This solution would reduce running costs and you would still have accurate listings as Open Street Maps is free for many sites.

    Many thanks

    #497337

    Alex Rollin
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    Post count: 27815

    Try adding a google key for the Geocoding API now available in 20064 and let us know.

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    Spencer Culpin
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    Post count: 54

    Fantastic!

    Thanks Alex, I hadn’t noticed the option in the latest upgrade, it works a treat!

    Many thanks 🙂

    #497344

    Alex Rollin
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    Post count: 27815

    Great!

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