Search and display business locations on MKMapView

Question

I\'m trying to find a way to search for a business, such as \"grocery stores\" and display them on a google map around the users current location. This used to be pretty si

Answer 1

Rather than using the maps?q= string, it is better to use the the official API here: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/

The JSON replies of the API work with the JSON Parser http://code.google.com/p/json-framework/ better (the other URL doesn't return compliant JSON, and isn't a standard API so may be more subject to change).