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i am new to google maps, and i would like to integrate it into my website ( Yellow pages kind of site ).
i currently have the following code:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title></title> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.6.2.min.js"></script> <script src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function () { var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644); var myOptions = { zoom: 8, center: latlng, mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP }; var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions); }); </script> </head> <body> <div id="map_canvas" style="width: 500px; height: 300px; position: relative; background-color: rgb(229, 227, 223);"></div> </body> </html> This code does work, and showing me the map for the specific Lat/Long
but, i want to be able to specifiy an address and not lat/long params, since i do have the addresses of the companies in the phonebook, but do not have the lat/long values.
i tried searching for this, but i only found something similar on the V2 version, which was deprecated.
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The Geocoding API uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model. Geocoding API requests generate calls to one of two SKUs depending on the type of request: basic or advanced.
What's the address? is a simple tool that can help you find the approximate address of any point on Google Maps. All you have to do is drag the red marker pin to another location and the approximate snail address of that place should pop-up in a marker window.
Even though the Google Maps API is free, it does not actually validate addresses, AND it comes with some pretty restrictive terms of service. So, if real address validation is what you need, you may want to read our review on how to choose an address validation provider.
What you are looking for is Geocode feature in google service; first give an address to get a LatLng, then call setCenter to pan the map to the specific location. Google's API wrapped it very good and you can see how it works through this example:
var geocoder; var map; function initialize() { geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder(); var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644); var mapOptions = { zoom: 8, center: latlng } map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions); } 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); } }); } google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize); You can use the google geocoder: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/ Be careful - you can be out of quota and so the request to the geocoder will failed
Use of the Google Geocoding API is subject to a query limit of 2,500 geolocation requests per day.
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