Tue, 09/20/2016 - 15:49
#1
Unable to disable reverse geocoding
After trialing for a week, I've noticed that each request to generate a static map results in 4 transactions: 1 Map, 2 Traffic, and 1 Reverse Geocoding. Per topics in this forum, I tried disabling reverse geocoding, but it appears to still take place. Here is a sample URL I am using:
http://www.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v4/getplacemap?key=[HIDDEN]&location=36.79234,-80.838424&size=360,360&zoom=11&imagetype=png&type=map&scalebar=true&traffic=flow&showicon=red_2&doReverseGeocode=false
Should this URL result in reverse geocoding? Thanks in advance.
Dan
Thanks, but there is clearly 4 calls occuring for each map I request. I'm using URLs identical to above, but with with different coordinates is all.
Date
Maps
Traffic
Reverse Geocoding
Sep 18, 2016
18
36
18
Sep 19, 2016
33
66
33
Sep 20, 2016
2
4
2
Sep 21, 2016
15
30
15
Well, apparently your table functionality is broken in the forums. The table in my last post looked good until it was actually posted.
Great! Thanks! I also had to specify the location as a poi to get the icon to display:
http://www.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v4/getmap?key=MYKEY¢er=36.79234...
Now that the transactions updated, I see that did indeed disable the reverse geocoding. I'm now getting 1 map and 2 traffic transactions per map request for a total of 3, instead of the 4 I was getting before. Is that now the minimum number of transactions possible with the type of map I'm creating? (one which shows road traffic)
MQBrianCoakley: I am sending a call in Postman using lat/lng's with doReverseGeocode=false. The reverse geocoding is done and sent back in the response. Can reverse geocoding be disabled in a free plan? thx