On May 29, 1:51 pm, Paul van Hoven <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm using Opera Mini. The user can enter a address. Then i need to > transform this address into coordinate lat and lng. But since Opera > Mini can't handle Javascript i would like to use the following > approach: The user enters his address into a form with Opera Mini. > Then, he will submit these values to server. After having recieved the > data the server should transform the address into coordinates. > Therefore i think i have to call the geocoding functionality of Google > Maps somehow directly from my server. Now, the question i have is > whether this is possible and if yes how do i do this?
Opera Mini can handle fairly complicated Javascript. The API works on the whole, although it does have difficulty with the map tiles. My directions page at http://www.xpeastbourne.org/map/xpmap.htm works fine in Opera Mini (on Windows Mobile 6). That uses the Javascript client geocoder. The scripting even handles the cases where several alternatives are found -- although the way the page is coded it only shows two -- and a banned right turn has to be recalculated. The only issue is how the map looks when the page is zoomed in, and server-side geocoding isn't going to help with that. (A static map with markers and a poyline would be ok, though, since Opera Mini *is* a browser). If you want to have a go, a suitable address to enter is "Whitley Road" and then choose the Eastbourne alternative. Andrew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
