The google map api return france data, even I request english language?

Question

I request
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=france,etretat&sensor=false&language=en , but return french data, how to fix that?

thanks

Answer 1

The api result is actually in english. Most probably there is no official translation to english for some of the cities and locations. However you can see that some names are adjusted:

English: Upper Normandy

French: Haute-Normandie

Same applies to others languages, you can see the small changes that happen when you flip the language:

• French
• English
• Spanish
• Portuguese

and a language with another alphabet:

• Russian

Answer 2

The data returned is in english its just the places names are french.

Google is correcting your request for etretat to Étretat because that is the correct spelling with the accent and it is the top matching result for the query.