Slow Down Geocoding A Batch Of Address

I'm planning to use the Google Maps V3 API to geocode a batch of address stored in an array. These address will be retrieved from my database and geocoded so I can create markers f

Solution 1:

Yep, sleep(10) would do that.

Alternatively, run the geocoding using javascript on the client machine. The rate limiting is based on the IP address, so you can spread this out over your visitors by having their browser do the geocode.