Hi Sebastien- Okay, I've made a simple demo that does a text/category search of markers: http://gmaps-samples-flash.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/MarkerTextSearcher/MarkerTextSearcher.html
- pamela On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Sebastien <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
