Hi Pamela,
That page is very helpful.
However there is one bit of functionality that might go a lonmg way to
improve the success of the GoogleBar.
I am using traditional geocoding on my Gmap through a form, and I have
customised searches on this form so that all searches are based on my
locality.
Using JavaScript I have a default hidden value of " Dublin Ireland".
Therefore whatever is typed into the box will always contain the
string " Dublin Ireland" at the end, and this is unknown to the User.
This takes away the age-old problem of ambiguous searches for
placenames in Ireland.
The GoogleBar does not seem as easy to customize.
Is it possible to build in functionality where the search box in the
GoogleBar will contain a hidden search suffix, like the " Dublin
Ireland" example outlined above.
I'd appreciate any help with this.
Thanks Pamela & co.
Brendan
My current "form" geocoding sample is as follows:
// Start of GeoCoding - Brendan C
// ====== Create a Client Geocoder ======
var dublin= ' Dublin Ireland';
function showAddressDublin(search)
{ showAddress(search + dublin)
}
var geo = new GClientGeocoder();
// ====== Array for decoding the failure codes ======
var reasons=[];
reasons[G_GEO_SUCCESS] = "Success";
reasons[G_GEO_MISSING_ADDRESS] = "Missing Address: The
address was either missing or had no value.";
reasons[G_GEO_UNKNOWN_ADDRESS] = ". Please check your
spelling or refine your address search with more detail (eg, 'Main
Street Ballyhale' instead of 'Main Street').";
reasons[G_GEO_UNAVAILABLE_ADDRESS]= "Unavailable Address: The
geocode for the given address cannot be returned due to legal or
contractual reasons.";
reasons[G_GEO_BAD_KEY] = "Bad Key: The API key is
either invalid or does not match the domain for which it was given";
reasons[G_GEO_TOO_MANY_QUERIES] = "Too Many Queries: The daily
geocoding quota for this site has been exceeded.";
reasons[G_GEO_SERVER_ERROR] = "Server error: The geocoding
request could not be successfully processed.";
// ====== Plot a marker after positive reponse to "did you
mean" ======
function place(lat,lng) {
var point = new GLatLng(lat,lng);
map.setCenter(point,14);
// map.addOverlay(new GMarker(point));
document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = "";
}
// ====== Geocoding ======
function showAddress() {
var search = document.getElementById("search").value + dublin;
// ====== Perform the Geocoding ======
geo.getLocations(search, function (result)
{
map.clearOverlays();
if (result.Status.code == G_GEO_SUCCESS) {
// ===== If there was more than one result, "ask did you
mean" on them all =====
if (result.Placemark.length > 1) {
document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = "Did
you mean:";
// Loop through the results
for (var i=0; i<result.Placemark.length; i++) {
var p = result.Placemark[i].Point.coordinates;
document.getElementById("message").innerHTML +=
"<br>"+(i+1)+": <a href='javascript:place(" +p[1]+","+p[0]+")'>"+
result.Placemark[i].address+"</a>";
}
}
On Sep 25, 12:55 am, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi Yutaka -
>
> Play with this
> explorer:http://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/googlebar/googlebaropti...
>
> It should give you the answer re the default text question.
>
> - pamela
>
> On Sep 24, 4:22 pm, yutaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have this carpool application and registration page, where user type
> > start location and destination and so on.
> > http://apps.facebook.com/carpoolz/AddTripv1
> > (need to login to actually add data)
>
> > I used google map so that people can fill in information easily.
>
> > To do that, user need to
> > 1. Type in location in google bar and click search.
> > 2. Marker will show popup html says set as destination or start point.
>
> > However,,,,
> > In my application case, default google bar is not obvious to many
> > people that it is the place to search location. So, I want to
> >customizeit to make it more like user would type in location. Maybe
> > make it larger and have a default text says "type in your location".
> > From Google Map API Reference page, I don't see anything I can use to
> >customizeGoogle Bar default UI except shownOnLoad. Others are not for
> > UI.
>
> > I directly try tocustomizeby setting value of gsc-input, but could
> > not do.
>
> > Is it possible to set value of google bar on map?
> > Or any suggestion to improve UI is appreciated.
>
> > thanks
> > -yutaka- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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