Geocoding result is different from Google maps
I am trying to geocode various IATA airport codes in Italy with the following (rudimentary) code in ggmap
(version 2.4)
#list of all IATA codes
geo_apt <- c("AOI", "BGY", "BLQ", "BRI", "CTA", "FCO", "LIN", "MXP", "NAP",
"PMF", "PSA", "PSR", "RMI", "TRN", "VCE", "VRN")
#preparing an empty dataframe to store the geocodes
apt_geo <- data.frame(IATA=rep(NA,16), lon=rep(NA,16), lat=rep(NA,16))
#geocoding the codes
for (i in seq_along(geo_apt)) {
apt_geo[i,1] <- geo_apt[i]
apt_geo[i,2] <- (geocode(paste(geo_apt[i],"airport")))[1]
apt_geo[i,3] <- (geocode(paste(geo_apt[i],"airport")))[2]
}
and the function geocode
ggmap
works fine with all these codes, except for "PSR"
IATA lon lat
1 AOI 13.363752 43.61654
2 BGY 9.703631 45.66957
3 BLQ 11.287859 44.53452
4 BRI 16.765202 41.13751
5 CTA 15.065775 37.46730
6 FCO 12.246238 41.79989
7 LIN 9.276308 45.45218
8 MXP 8.725531 45.63006
9 NAP 14.286579 40.88299
10 PMF 10.295935 44.82326
11 PSA 10.397884 43.68908
12 PSR -81.117259 33.94855 #<- doens't work
13 RMI 12.618819 44.02289
14 TRN 7.647867 45.19654
15 VCE 12.339771 45.50506
16 VRN 10.890141 45.40000
I tried to use revgeocode
and these coordinates correspond to the following address:
revgeocode(as.numeric(apt_geo[12,2:3]))
#Information from URL : http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=33.948545,-81.1172588&sensor=false
[1] "Kentucky Avenue, West Columbia, SC 29170, USA"
Conversely, if I go to google maps, it works great:
Does anyone have a clue to this apparently strange phenomenon?
EDIT
Following one suggestion in the comments below, I tried to use again geocode(italy PSR airport)
in version 2.4 and instead of throwing a more accurate result or even the same result, this is the warning I got:
geocode("italy PSR airport")
lon lat
1 NA NA
Warning message:
geocode failed with status ZERO_RESULTS, location = "italy PSR airport"
and when trying, the airport PSR
coordinates even differ from the coordinates PSR airport
(at least this time it is the actual airport, although its code is IATA LEX instead of PSR).
revgeocode(as.numeric(geocode("airport PSR")))
Information from URL : http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=38.0381454,-84.5970727&sensor=false
[1] "3895 Terminal Drive, Lexington, KY 40510, USA"
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