Hi Pam, Yes that's exactly what I want to do. I noticed you added a "category" or "type" column to your example on bars and restaurants. I want the user to be able to perform a search on those keywords, found in the XML. I'm new to flex, and have no idea where to begin. Do you have a demo on this?
Thanks, Sebastien On Apr 5, 9:50 am, pamela fox <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sebastien- > Are you trying to add a full-text search to the code? If so, you could just > add keywords to your array of markers, and when doing the search, just > iterate through the title, description, and keywords for each marker and > return it as long as it matches the search query. > > - pamela > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Sebastien <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hi Pam, thanks alot for your answer. > > That demo is getting pretty close to what I want to do, but consider > > this: > > If we go back to your demo on "Toggling Marker Categories" - which > > also loaded from an XML where each marker had a "category" attribute > > (bar or restaurant) - do you think it would be possible for the user > > to perform a search on those categories? Example: by typing > > "restaurant" in the search bar he would see all the restaurant marker > > (just as if he had untoggled "bars"). > > That would be great. > > > Thanks very much for your help, > > > Sebastien > > > On Mar 31, 11:47 am, pamela fox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Sebastien- > > > There is now a demo of how to search markers loaded from XML for the > > closest > > > markers to an address: > >http://gmaps-samples-flash.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/MarkerXmlSe... > > > > - pamela > > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:46 AM, pamela fox <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Hi Sebastien- > > > > It uses the Google AJAX Search API via HTTPService, yes, and then uses > > the > > > > open-source JSON parser to turn the JSON result into AS3 objects and > > display > > > > them on the map. If the search isn't working for you, check your NET > > > > requests to see if the request is being sent off correctly, and what it > > > > returns. > > > > > If you have a KML file on a public domain that Google has indexed, you > > can > > > > use the Local Search on that (using the site: restrict operator. See: > > > > >http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2008/05/geo-search-20-data-in-data-. > > .. > > > > > Otherwise, you can just do a search in ActionScript of your markers. > > You > > > > can do for loop testing GLatLng.distanceFrom on all of the coordinates, > > and > > > > just show the closest ones. > > > > > - pamela > > > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 4:54 AM, Sebastien <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > >> Hi, > > > > >> I'm trying to set up my own "Local Search", based on this example: > > > > >>http://gmaps-samples-flash.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/LocalSearch. > > .. > > > > >> I haven't been very good at understanding how this works. Does it use > > > >> the Google AJAX search API? > > > >> I downloaded the zip pack (with the JSON files) on my computer, tried > > > >> to compile the map with Flex Builder, but the "Search this site" > > > >> option doesn't work anymore. > > > > >> My questions: > > > >> - Where does this Local Search map get its information? I haven't seen > > > >> any reference to a database or kml file in the code. > > > >> - Can I make this search tool work on my own XML file (I have a list > > > >> of markers)? > > > >> - If this doesn't work on an XML file, how can i perform a search on > > > >> an XML file? > > > > >> Thanks for your help! > > > > >> Sebastien --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
