To me it looks really like you described. So what you do is that you embed "normal" google maps to your page and these google maps are set to search for location you already have in "Location" variable.
It means: 1) You cannot change the marker parametres (ok maybe you can, but I dont know how) 2) The result can get funny when input its incorrect - for example try inserting this into URL http://www.google.com/maps?q=foo&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14&iwloc=A&output=embed (Its funny but it really gives an answer) Basically what you need, is called "reverse geocoding" if you want to use API. Try to search for that On Sep 21, 5:10 am, iceboxkids <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi: > > I'm not a coder, although I can dink around a bit with PHP and some js > (not enough), and of course bumble along in html, xml and some xhtml. > I have a classifieds cms which does not have a native Google Maps > app. One of the employees of the vendor came up with a method to use > two fields in the ad-create form, in which the user places the address > in one field, which is fed as a variable ("Location" is the variable) > to this (in another field): > > <iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" > marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://www.google.com/maps?q= > {Location}&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14&iwloc=A&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a > href="http://www.google.com/maps?q={Location} > > &ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14&iwloc=A&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text- > align:left">View Larger Map</a></small> > > Now, this actually works. The user types an address, somehow it gets > geocoded, and the map, with an address marker, displays. > > My issue is twofold: one, I don't understand WHY it works. I'm not > sending it my API Key (I have one I use on another app at the same > root url), and it doesn't look like the normal js map script to me. > Second, because I don't "get" why it works, I don't know how to adjust > or change or modify the address marker. It *seems* as though it's > feeding the location to the Google Maps app and then embedding the > returned map into this iframe, if I understand what I'm seeing. > > I'd LIKE to do this correctly, but I don't know how to properly use > the geocoding. I can see and understand how to use the proper map js, > but don't really get the geocoding. I can set up another "invisible > to the user" field in which I could embed the geocoding js if I had > any idea HOW to do that. > > Any help that could be thrown my way, I'd appreciate; I really would > like to do this properly. > > Thx, > > Icebox --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
