On Jan 9, 6:32 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
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> On Jan 9, 1:37 pm, JRiffe <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On Jan 9, 3:13 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
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> > > On Jan 9, 12:47 pm, JRiffe <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > I have tried to do some reading up on this issue and it seems that you
> > > > must geocode your addesses before the markers can be found?
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> > > > Here is my map. Please choose
> > > > Oklahomahttp://va.birddogsw.com/states.aspx?Category=cacb9608-c6db-48b6-ba2f-...
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> > > > If you view source you will see the list of address that should be
> > > > displaying (63 i believe). On the map only 16 - 20 show and if you
> > > > refresh the map, you get different points.
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> > > Is there some reason you can't use the HTTP geocoding service and
> > > store the coordinates in whatever database you are storing the
> > > addresses in?
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> > > > I read the tutorial about the map finding sites based on Lat and Long
> > > > and which these could be generated using the .getLocations() instead
> > > > of using .getLatLng(). However, if I'm needing to use
> > > > the .getLocations for it to find multiple addresses.. how come it was
> > > > finding multiple locations before I made that change?
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> > > > Is there a way that I can set center on the state w/o hard coding the
> > > > lat and long? Currently the map will set center on each point as it
> > > > loads it.. which results in the map jumping around when it first
> > > > loads.
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> > > Hard code a center point. Calculate the dynamic one based on the
> > > displayed markers once after all the markers have loaded.
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> > > -- Larry
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> > > > Using Windows XP/IE7- Hide quoted text -
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> > I asked the boss and he said that we can store the coordinates in the
> > database. Now, do I use the geo coder prior to even trying to load
> > the map? First geo code, then pull out the coordinates and plot
> > markers based on those coordinates. When I'm ready to load the map?
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> That is the best way to do it. Create a script on the server that
> uses the HTTP geocoder to store coordinates for the addresses and
> geocode them off-line. Add the coordinates to the data that you load
> as part of the page.
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> > (Sorry, I know that is probably a trivial question, but I'm coming
> > into pre existing code to try to figure it out)
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> There are a couple of tutorials that may help you referenced
> here:http://code.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=11364
> Creating a Store Locator with PHP, MySQL & Google Maps
> Using PHP/MySQL with Google Maps
> Geocoding Addresses with PHP/MySQL
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> They talk about PHP/mySQL but the concepts should apply for you.
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> > "Hard code a center point. Calculate the dynamic one based on the
> > displayed markers once after all the markers have loaded. "
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> > How do I calculate the coordinates?
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> See this page in Mike Williams tutorial:
> Part 14 Fitting the map zoom to the datahttp://econym.org.uk/gmap/basic14.htm
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> In a nutshell, as you process the markers and add them to the map, add
> them to an (originally empty) GLatLngBounds object:
> bounds.extend(point)
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> Then after you have finished you can center and zoom the map with the
> statement:
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> map.setCenter(bounds.getCenter(),map.getBoundsZoomLevel(bounds));
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> -- Larry- Hide quoted text -
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Thank you. I will be giving this a go on Monday.
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