On Apr 19, 6:23 pm, NadAF <[email protected]> wrote: > For example, if I use this online exmaple by > Googlehttp://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/examples/geocoding-sim... > to locate address "Chickpea,NY,NY" it returns no result, whereas on http://maps.google.commany results are returned and markers are > drawn.
Those are "local search" results, not geocoder results. Try this page: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/examples/control-googlebar.html If you put "Chickpea, NY, NY" in the "google bar" you get the same results you do as on google. -- Larry > > Because my Google Map, which resembles this online example, cannot > locate this address -- and many others, of course -- I really need a > way to retireve locations of an arbitrary address (eg > "Chickpea,NY,NY") fromhttp://maps.google.comand draw them on my > Google Map. I don't know if there is a workaround for this using API > and JavaScript, since the two sites have different domains. > > Is the idea clear now? > > On Apr 19, 5:55 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Apr 19, 12:45 pm, NadAF <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > There are many locations that Geocoder cannot find > > > whereashttp://maps.google.com > > > can locate them all, or at least show approximate matches. > > >http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#geocoder_differences > > Also, Google Maps falls back to results from Local Search, which the > > API geocoder does not do by default (but you can write code to do...) > > > > I want to use a Google Map to draw markers for locations that cannot > > > be found using Geocoder. In API, Can I get information from > > >http://maps.google.com > > > > (in a popup window) and send them to my Google Map (in a parent > > > window) just need the location coordiantes to draw it on my Map. Is > > > that possible? > > > Which coordinates are you talking about? The coordinates of the > > marker on the map are not easily (or legally - IANAL) available. If > > you click on the "Link" at the upper right of the map, the "&ll=" > > parameter (if it is there) contains the coordinates of the center of > > the map. > > > -- Larry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
