I am trying to use the google maps javascript API to map an address based on this example.
https://google-developers.appspot.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/geocoding-simple
The documentation recommends the clientside javascript approach as the best way to deal with quotas on requests. So far so good. My problem is in moving from this example to my specific case. My addresses are already in a database so I don't need the user to enter one. Also I do not want the map to load with the page. Instead, I want the map for the address to load when the user clicks a link.
I have a script working that loads the map in a div using initialize (). But my problem is getting initialize to work with geocode. The geocode in the example depends on initialize loading with bodyonload which I do not want.
Here is code. Would appreciate any suggestions:
javascript
var map;
var geocoder;
function codeAddress() {
var address = document.getElementById('address').value;
geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: results[0].geometry.location
});
} else {
alert('Geocode was not successful for the following reason: ' + status);
}
});
}
function initialize() {
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(40.7562008,-73.9903784);
var myOptions = {
zoom: 18,
center: latlng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
}
html
<input id="address" type="hidden" value="Palo Alto CA">
View map without geocoding
<div id="map_canvas" style="width:300px; height:300px;"></div>
View map of geocoded address
The only issue I had with your script was the following line in the initialize() function:
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
By declaring var map, your script is just declaring a local variable named map, as opposed to using the global map variable declared at the top of your script.
By removing var, the script uses the global variable and runs fine:
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
Finally, to get the geocoded map to load on the link click, change onclick for your geocoded address to onclick="initialize();codeAddress();".
Added:
Try combining your initialize() and codeAddress() methods into the following:
function initialize() {
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var address = document.getElementById('address').value;
geocoder.geocode({ 'address': address }, function (results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
var myOptions = {
zoom: 18,
center: results[0].geometry.location,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
} else {
alert('Geocode was not successful for the following reason: ' + status);
}
});
}
And then just call initialize() from your link.
Basically, what we're doing is taking the call to geocoder.geocode() that codeAddress() was performing and inside the resulting delegate, we're using results[0].geometry.location to initialize the map. This way, the temporary latlong doesn't need to be displayed.
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I am currently stuck on getting google maps to display on a site. This worked in a dev environment after a while. I came to put this into live and thought that I would just need the API key in the src
What I have is
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=MY_API CODE HERE&callback=initMap"
async defer></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
initialize();
function initialize() {
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', function () {
codeAddress("#Model.Postcode, #Model.Address");
});
}
var geocoder;
var map;
function codeAddress(address) {
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
geocoder.geocode({ 'address': address }, function (results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
var myOptions = {
zoom: 17,
center: results[0].geometry.location,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: results[0].geometry.location
});
// create a marker
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: results[0].geometry.location,
map: map,
title: 'Latitude: ' + results[0].geometry.location.Ya + ' Longitude :' + results[0].geometry.location.Za
});
}
});
}
But this only produces the error of
This page was unable to display a Google Maps element. The provided Google API key is invalid or this site is not authorized to use it.
Many thanks
You first have to obtain an API key from the website and replace it with the "MY_API CODE HERE" part
That should be working, just because we all make mistakes, are you sure you copied the API key correctly? You need to make sure the trailing '&' is still in there after you add the key.
You could also try generating another key and using that. The process for doing that is here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key#key
I currently enabled user to put the address into text-boxes and display the address on Google map, but I want to do the opposite now and get nearest matching address to the text-boxes (which are on a separate region, same page) from a draggable marker. I heard that I should use JSON with PHP or PL/JSON to get the data from the map to the text-boxes. However, I do not have any knowledge about JSON and I think Google map API provide this sort of geocoding methods inside the JavaScript. I am not sure how to fully apply it, and if it is possible to get both methods in one page (or maybe I should use some procedure with JavaScript and call it on the page, not sure). Here is my code so far in the HTML Header of the page:
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&sensor=false"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var uniLatLng = new google.maps.LatLng (51.887496, -2.088788);
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var map;
function geocodePosition(pos) {
geocoder.geocode({
latLng: pos
},
function(responses) {
if (responses && responses.length > 0) {
updateMarkerAddress(responses[0].formatted_address);
}
else {
updateMarkerAddress('Cannot determine address at this location.');
}
});
}
function updateMarkerStatus(str) {
document.getElementById('P15_ADDRESS').value;
}
function initialize() {
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 16,
center: uniLatLng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), mapOptions);
};
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
animation: google.maps.Animation.DROP,
flat: false,
position: new google.maps.LatLng(59.327383, 18.06747)
})
function map_canvas() {
var address = "&P15_ADDRESS.";
geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address, 'region': "GB"}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
draggable: true,
animation: google.maps.Animation.DROP,
flat: false,
position: results[0].geometry.location
});
}
else {
alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status);
}
});
}
</script>
Page HTML Body Attribute - onload="initialize(), map_canvas()"
Any suggestions how can I achieve this?
I think this example does what you want on the Reverse Geocoding part. https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/geocoding-reverse
the only thing you need to add to this is a draggable marker with a listener for on dragged, which would update the position and call the same methods as it is in the Reverse Geocode button.
I have a problem showing addresses on Google Maps. I have tried everything but its not working. It shows only the first marker even if I click on other addresses. How can I get it to show the other markers?
<xsl:for-each select="Attractions/Museums">
<xsl:value-of select="address"/>
</xsl:for-each>
<script type="text/javascript">
var map;
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
$( "#maps" ).on( 'pageshow', function() {
google.maps.event.trigger(map,'resize');
})
// initialize the map
function initialize() {
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 12,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map-canvas"),
mapOptions);
function addMarker() {
var address = document.getElementById("addMarker").text;
geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
var image = 'flag1.png';
var markers = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
icon: image,
position: results[0].geometry.location
});
} else {
alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status);
}
});
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
All your links (anchor tags) have the same ID attribute, so when the function runs it pick the last one to take the marker data from.
Try using different ID attribute for each link and sending the function that ID as a parameter.
I am new to Google Maps API and I have the Google Map below working. However, I am having a hard time understanding how to set an address. I have 2,000 entries that each include an address stored in a database and I have all the data needed to 'set' the address for the map onLoad of the description page, given the opportunity. However, I am not sure how to do this. I was wondering if someone can show me a basic example of setting the address, city, state, zip and then having a marker on the map as well.
In addition, I am confused as to, if I have all the components of the address separated, I am not required to geocode, correct? Doesn't geocode just make it easy to create a map from an unparsed / long address string and puts a limitation on the number of times you can request a geocode? In other words, if I have all the address components (such as zip, city, state, address, etc) stored in a DB, then can't I set an address without being constrained by google maps geocoding limitations?
Following address:
123 Flower Street, Miami, Florida 32826
My JS so far...
function initialize() {
var mapOptions = {
center: new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644),
zoom: 8,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map-canvas"), mapOptions);
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
I appreciate any suggestions!
Many thanks in advance!
You are looking for geocoding: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/
Here you have code which query google for a location of your address and then point a marker on received position:
function initialize() {
var mapOptions = {
center: new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644),
zoom: 8,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map-canvas"),
mapOptions);
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
geocoder.geocode({ 'address': "123 Flower Street, Miami, Florida 32826" }, function (results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: results[0].geometry.location,
});
} else
alert("Problem with geolocation");
});
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
I'm using Google Maps api v. 3 in my website. What I want to implement is the following flow:
User is presented a form where he enters an address (of some kind - city, street, etc).
After the form is filled, a map is presented to him, showing him the map centered to the address he entered. Then he can enter a keyword to search against google places in the area of the map.
What I'm stopped at is the translation of the address to map. As I understand the v3 API, I should initialize the map with LatLng center position - but having a city name or so I can't do it just yet. I need some kind of translation between the textual address and coordinates - it's what Google Maps are doing when I search for "Beverly Hills" for example. Some kind of reverse, I guess? How should I do it in the javascript API?
Or is there an option to include a search bar inside the v3 embedded map?
You need to use geocode something like below
Copied from http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/geocoding.html
var geocoder;
var map;
function initialize() {
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644);
var myOptions = {
zoom: 8,
center: latlng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
}
function codeAddress() {
var address = document.getElementById("address").value;
geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: results[0].geometry.location
});
} else {
alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status);
}
});
}
And then you will need to call codeAddress() function on your button click
You can use the Google Maps v3 Geocoding API for translating an address to a lat/lon pair. After this you can use that data to initialize the map.