On Jan 19, 4:36 pm, charitywater <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I've created a map with a search function here: > > http://www.charitywater.org/projects/map_googlemaps.php > > The objective is to allow users to be able to look up a placemark by > entering GPS coordinates in the search bar above, which should bring > up a balloon that has been plotted at that GPS location. > > However, when i enter a GPS coordinate in the search bar, the map > takes me a few miles away from the place where the project is supposed > to be.
How can we tell that? > > I tested the coordinates in Google Earth, thinking maybe I have bad > data, but they work perfectly in Google Earth, and take me to the > right place every time. > > Can you please help me figure out why the coordinates are offset so > severely in Maps? Can you provide example coordinates that you are using and where you believe they should be? Either by providing a landmark on the map or an example on Google Maps the shows the correct location. -- Larry > > How can i fix this so my users can punch in a GPS coordinate and > actually wind up in the right place? > > thank you very much!
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