Menu
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=places&sensor=true"></script>
<script src="Scripts/jquery-1.4.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
var input = document.getElementById('location');
var options = {
types: ["locality"]
};
autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input, options);
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div>Location: <input type="text" id="location" style="width:400px;" /></div>
</body>
</html>
There is my code to generate my autocomplete location text input. Google's list of supported types (http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/places/supported_types.html) shows "locality" as being the type to use when I do not wish for everything to come back in the result(businesses, etc). I am getting no results.
Basically, what I would like to achieve is to search for a city (IE: Toronto) And only see results like: "Toronto, ON, Canada". Perhaps I am confused on how I implement this API.
Thank you very much for your replies!
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I think the option you are looking for according to the docs is "geocode" ( http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html#AutocompleteOptions ):
var options = {
types: ["geocode"]
};
you can also use the country restriction
example:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=places&sensor=false"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function initialize()
{
var input = document.getElementById('searchTextField');
var options = {
types: ['(cities)'],
componentRestrictions: {country: "ca"}
};
autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input, options);
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
<input id="searchTextField" type="text" size="50" placeholder="Anything you want!">
now you can easily add a dropdown with a selection of cities and re-filter the cities, when onchange of the dropdown occurs :)
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