He's Too Sexy wrote: > Hi, > > Am I posting in the wrong forum / topic area. > > Can any point me in the right direction? > > cheers > Ed > > On Jun 25, 10:31 pm, "He's Too Sexy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I would like to implement a search box based on finding locations in >> suburbs. >> >> The search box would autocomplete the suburb name by providing a list >> of options ( suburbs ) to choose from. >> >> I have seen this type of search box used in the following websites: >> >> -www.property.com.au >> >> - suburbview.com >> >> I think the tool extracts the suburb names from google maps, so there >> is no need t oinput this information again. >> no googles maps api has no such built in functionality... the sites in question probably have there own database ... and the api has no auto completing code either... >> I believe it uses ajax. >> probably but that deosnt say much. >> Is there an existing "widget"/ api that I would need to use? >> Not related to the API There are searches... type in an address and get the lat lon of that address (geocoding) and ones like this.. http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/mapsearch/index.html
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