Hi there, No problem.
That variable is a failsafe for the else statement, if you don't want the back-up, feel free to remove it. It was just an example of being able to provide some type of fallback, what you do in that else statement is up to you. Pete On Mar 4, 1:50 pm, stacef <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey- > > Thanks for the help - that seem to have done the trick! > > And thanks, too, for the tip on providing a default map if the geocode > is unsuccessful. > > But for the sake of argument, assuming I didn't have that back up, I'm > confused about the use or need for the > var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-33.397, 150.644); > line. Why am I providing what are essentially incorrect coordinates > right out of the gate? I think the line needs to be there but I think > I should be putting something different in there. > > Arguments aside, thanks again for the help! > Stace > > On Mar 3, 2:11 pm, pete <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > Remove "center:latlng" from the "myOptions" variable. > > > As a backup incase the geocode is unsuccessful, set the map center to > > your latlng like so > > > else { > > alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + > > status); > > map.setCenter(latlng); > > > } > > > That's it. > > > Pete > > > On Mar 4, 3:54 am, stacef <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm trying to use maps in my CMS but I'm very new to the Google Maps > > > API. I'd like the map to load based on a an address geocoded from a > > > PHP variable. I've figured it out in v2 but I'd prefer to do it in > > > v3. Based on the code found in <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/ > > > maps/documentation/v3/services.html#Geocoding">this tutorial</a> , > > > I've come up with the following which sort of works - it loads the > > > LatLng map first, then loads mine - but I know it's not right. > > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > > <?php > > > $address = '1 california'.'San Francisco, CA'; > > > ?> > > > > var geocoder; > > > var map; > > > var address = "<?php echo $address; ?>"; > > > > function initialize() { > > > geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder(); > > > var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-33.397, 150.644); > > > 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); > > > } > > > }); > > > var myOptions = { > > > zoom: 8, > > > center: latlng, > > > mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP > > > } > > > map = new > > > google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), > > > myOptions); > > > } > > > </script> > > > > And here's a link > > > <a href="http://stacefelder.com/maptest.php";>http://stacefelder.com/ > > > maptest.php</a> > > > > I'm guessing this is one of those stupid fixes but I think I've been > > > staring at it too long and I can't figure it out. All thoughts and > > > suggestions welcomed. > > > Thanks > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=en.
