Aha - thanks. Between this response and your other response, I think I have a handle on how to start using this stuff now... thanks a billion!
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 4:22 AM, String <[email protected]>wrote: > > On May 4, 1:03 pm, furby <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I copied and pasted the example that comes back into a page and > > uploaded it to that site.... when I open the pagehttp:// > wookietim.googlepages.com/google_maps.htmlit tells me that the > > API key is invalid... > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > This may be irrelevant based on the other Maps API key thread you > started, but what you're doing wrong is that you copied and pasted the > example without reading the instructions. The example includes a URL > parameter of "sensor=true_or_false", but if you read on a couple of > paragraphs you'll find: > > "Note that we also pass a sensor parameter to indicate whether this > application uses a sensor to determine the user's location. We've left > this example as a variable true_or_false to emphasize that you must > set this value to either true or false explicitly." > > This part of the documentation has caused considerable trouble for > hasty beginners, not to mention some controversy on the Maps API > group. If you're still having trouble with your map, try changing > this. > > String > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" 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-Gadgets-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
