Beste Weg, um geocode Postleitzahl mit Google Maps API?

Edit: klarer Zu werden dies nutzt die lokale Suche in google search api, nicht die google maps api zu tun, die Geokodierung ist viel genauer.

Der beste Weg ist die Verwendung der Google-Suche Api.

Wenn du einen api-key und erhalten Sie alle setup: http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/

var localSearch;
var map;
var icon;
var addressMarkerOptions;
google.load("search", "1");
google.load("maps", "2");
google.setOnLoadCallback(initialize);

function initialize()
{
  localSearch = new GlocalSearch();
  icon = new GIcon(G_DEFAULT_ICON);
  addressMarkerOptions = { icon:icon , draggable: false};
  map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
  map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
  map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
  plotAddress("OX4 1FJ");
}

/**
* This takes either a postcode or an address string
*
*/
function plotAddress(address)
{
  localSearch.setSearchCompleteCallback(null, 
    function() {

      if (localSearch.results[0])
      {     
        var resultLat = localSearch.results[0].lat;
        var resultLng = localSearch.results[0].lng;
        var point = new GLatLng(resultLat,resultLng);
        var marker = new GMarker(point, addressMarkerOptions);
        map.addOverlay(marker);
        map.setCenter(point, 5, G_NORMAL_MAP);
      }
      else
      {
        alert('address not found');
      }
    });

  localSearch.execute(address + ", UK");
}