Hi Erick- You must always use a map in conjunction with the geocoder. Per the Terms of Use, all geocoded points must be displayed on a map. In additional, from a technical standpoint, the Map class must always be created before any other class in the API can be used.
- pamela On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:55 PM, erick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm wondering what the situation is regarding the google geocoder. > > I'm working on a project that uses geocoding and I'm using the google > & > yahoo geocoder. It seems that in order to use the google geocoder, I > need to create a map and add it to a component so that I have access > to > the geocoder to handle an address input request. > > Is this the correct way to implement the google geocoder? is there a > workaround or something I'm missing in order to just use the google > geocoder without creating a map?? > > Currently I create it like this: > /* component to add the map to */ > <mx:UIComponent id="mapContainer" visible="false" > width="1%" > height="1%" /> > > /* create the map */ > googleMap = new Map(); > googleMap.key = GoogleKey.KEY; > > /* now add the map to the UIComponent */ > mapContainer.addChild(gCoders.googleMap); > > -Only after the above line has been executed do i have access to the > Google Geocoder. > If this line is not called I always get an exception about not being > able to access a null reference > even though I've created the google geocoder well ahead of this call > > any advice/help appreciated! :) > cheers > erick > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" 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-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
