Google API for C#?

Ryan

Hello, My group and I are trying to implement a specific information retrieval program for our class. I have no experience in this area: is there a good API that will allow us to query google and then play with the results in our C# program? Thanks!

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Ryan19y ago
Google maps? We are not interested in maps, we want to query the search engine. That said, any search engine should work really.
Scott Lysle19y ago
Ryan:

There is a google API; visit here to get a key to use it:

http://www.google.com/apis/maps/

I would also recommend getting a copy of "Google Maps Hacks" from O'Reilly; it was written by Rich Gibson and Schuler Erie.

Since Google Maps will GeoCode an address or a lat/long; and since they use a querystring to pass the address or lat/long, you can use it to do either with nearly no effort and no API or key. Take a look at this:

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/scottlysle/QuickMap03142007233733PM/QuickMap.aspx?ArticleID=6c116a4e-3e65-4418-88c9-87ffc01840a9