Thanks again. Since I'm not a coder any more, I've elected to put a static map on the page and hyperlink out to Google Maps page.
I appreciate all the very prompt and useful help! Christi On Feb 16, 9:04 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 16, 8:21 pm, PressEsc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sorry...one more question. > > > Does the Google API carry with it some longitude and latitude > > information? > > No. > > > It seems that my plugin overrides my manual entry of the > > lat/long you provided and replaces it with 52.075581 and 4.541513 > > instead. > > > The API I am using is > > ABQIAAAAMu9fbZLDvmbYwGZ9QPuCxxTNsMeQpB9MUvsqC0v11wsCF5CVahTeV8t8fTyU4yrn17- > > 3agjtO9fy- > > Q > > That is a key, it contains information about your google account and > your url, but nothing else. > > I don't know the Joomla plugin. I know it would be pretty simple to > add an API based map that looks like yours, just using the API, no > Joomla involved. > > -- Larry > > > > > Thanks for any further insight you can provide. > > > Christi > > > On Feb 16, 6:40 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > On Feb 16, 6:28 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > On Feb 16, 5:07 pm, PressEsc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I've recently moved my site to a new host and the previous site had a > > > > > Google API plugin that brought up the map for my location correctly > > > > > but the new API that I get from Google now displays a map location > > > > > that is not the address for the business. > > > > > That doesn't make any sense to me. The API does provide a geocoding > > > > service, but that shouldn't have changed based on your host. > > > > > I'm also not sure what you mean by "a Google API plugin". This group > > > > supports the API, not plugins. > > > > > > Here's the website: > > > > >http://www.sewartparkart.org/find-us > > > > > I get this from that URL: > > > > ============================================= > > > > The page cannot be displayed > > > > The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site > > > > might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to > > > > adjust your browser settings. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ----- > > > > > Cannot find server or DNS Error > > > > > ============================================= > > > > Ah, typo:http://www.sewardparkart.org/find-us > > > > Is this the correct > > > place?http://www.geocodezip.com/example_geo2.asp?addr1=5900%20Lake%20Washin... > > > > Your page currently includes these > > > coordinates:http://www.geocodezip.com/example_geo2.asp?addr1=(47.5490237,-122.277... > > > > Which looks like where the marker is being displayed. > > > > I don't know anything about your "plug in", but it seems to me that if > > > you were to change those coordinates to 47.549073, -122.255945, the > > > marker would be where the geocoder thinks that address is... > > > > -- Larry > > > > > > The map should show the red marker at 5900 Lake Washington Blvd South, > > > > > Seattle, WA 98118 but the red marke shows the address to be several > > > > > blocks west of that location. > > > > > > Thank you for any help you can provide...I'm lost as to what to do to > > > > > fix it. > > > > > But I have to ask. Why are you geocoding a known address? Find the > > > > correct latitude and longitude and use them to put the marker in the > > > > correct place? > > > > > -- 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.
