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Google Maps API for Jersey / Guernsey?

My company uses the Google Maps API to manage the installer locator for our product. Everything is going well until I added installers to the Channel Islands (UK). Is there a way to get the Google Maps API to recognize these locations for me?

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No! The geolocation on the channel islands (as indicated by google) is very heterogeneous. It does not seem to recognize zip codes, for example.

My company is based on jersey. On our site, we attach the user, and then place on the map a marker where we think. We set this marker to “draggable” and allow the user to drag the marker to its location if it is inaccurate. You can get information about how exactly you found someone from the API - if he is not good enough, you can give additional hints to tell the user to find themselves.

This is not an ideal solution, but it is important to have it - geolocation services do not work exactly around the world.

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The Channel Islands are edited by Google Mapmaker, which means you can fix most geocoding issues if you know the correct answer. Not all corrections will immediately come to life, but in the end they will be.

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