sebastian: That's the way to do it.

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On Apr 24, 2009, at 4:53 AM, sebastian de comocomo wrote:

>
> Hi Ben,
>
> I'm trying to do the same, If I understand correctly, we would need  
> to do a
> loop, and in each loop we would need to search for a different  
> category. So
> it would be 3 searches of 32 results each. Is there a better way to  
> do so?
>
> Thanks
> Sebastian
>
>
> On 24/04/09 01:08, "Ben Lisbakken" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hey James --
>>
>> What you're asking for would require you to write your own custom
>> code.  What you would do is use the base Javascript LocalSearch
>> searcher, or the REST URL, and do a search for gas stations,
>> restaurants, hotels, etc.  Then, with the response, you would draw  
>> the
>> results to the page, and place the markers on the map.
>>
>> http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/#localsearch_with_markers
>> This sample shows how to do a LocalSearch and then add the markers to
>> the map.  This will be similar to what you want to do, but you would
>> have to modify this a fair amount to be exactly what you want.  For
>> instance, instead of using the SearchControl to do the search, you
>> would want to just do a plain LocalSearch without the control (that
>> way you could draw the results yourself).  You would also want to  
>> make
>> multiple instances of the LocalSearch, so you could do multiple
>> queries for restaurants, hotels etc.  Lastly, you would want to draw
>> the results to the map the way that you want, including adding your
>> own info menus etc.
>>
>> -Ben
>>
>> On Apr 21, 12:53 pm, James <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> I have the google local search working as a control on my map.
>>>
>>> http://dirtlink.net/dcce/track.php?track_id=30
>>>
>>> However, I am having a hard time integrating it into another section
>>> of my page. If you look at my page, you'll see a section called
>>> Amenities, which I want to have links for things like
>>>
>>> gas stations, restaurants, hotels, etc.
>>>
>>> Ideally a person would click on this link, and it would submit the
>>> data to google and then populate the map with all the search  
>>> results,
>>> for example, the closest gas statiosn. And thhe amenities tab would
>>> also list the results, like it does not as an overlay on the map.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?? I have been in the code playground for a few hours and I
>>> cant get it to work...
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>
>
>
> >


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