You could use something like http://gmaps-samples-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/geocoder/v3-geocoder-tool.html So this could populates the lat/lng values to a form input field and you can save that…
they have sample code: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/ https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/demogallery Andras Kende http://www.kende.com On Apr 29, 2012, at 10:33 PM, Daniel Baird wrote: > > To get the long and lat, you have to use javascript, and the Google Maps API > -- so you mightn't get much help on that from this CakePHP list. > > Once your javascript has the values in the user's browser, you'll need to > post them back to your cake app somehow; probably just dumping the numbers > into form fields for the user to submit would be fine. > > From memory Google have a web service for getting the longitude and latitude > for a street address; have you thought about using that? > > Cheers > Daniel > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Michael Gaiser <[email protected]> wrote: > So, I want to use Google maps on my project which makes use of a > Location model. In that model there is a longitude and latitude value. > Most of the tutorials I have looked at talk about how to place > markers on your map. What I want to do is use the map to allow people > to navigate to the location they are editing and set the longitude and > latitude based on the current center of the map giving an easy > interface for entering in such values. So it leads me to this > question: How do I get the long/lat values from the google map and > save those values to my database? Thanks. > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > > > > -- > Daniel Baird > I've tried going to the XHTML <bar /> a few times, but it's always closed. > > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
