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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