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Mapquest returning 2 records, one of them is bogus. What can I do?

I am searching for Easton, PA using the api. The URL sent to mapquest looks like this:

http://www.mapquestapi.com/geocoding/v1/address?key=your_key_here&location=Easton,PA&outFormat=xml&maxresults=1

the results are these (even though I have maxresults=1)

<lat>40.689353</lat> <lng>-75.216698</lng>

and

<lat>41.127201</lat> <lng>-79.5411</lng>

I cannot find an Easton in Clarion County. Any idea why is it working like this and how can I avoid these types of cases?

Thank you for the downvote, really deserved it!

Solution

  • I got an answer from MapQuest. Looks like the parameter names are case sensitive.

    not good:

    http://www.mapquestapi.com/geocoding/v1/address?key=your_key_here&location=Easton,PA&outFormat=xml&maxresults=1

    good:

    http://www.mapquestapi.com/geocoding/v1/address?key=your_key_here&location=Easton,PA&outFormat=xml&maxResults=1