I am afraid I am still having trouble getting things straight. I have used the sample php code from http://code.google.com/apis/maps/articles/phpsqlgeocode.html to obtain the lat/long coordinates for an address using my php script. No problem there; I can then store the coordinates in a database or do whatever I need to do with them.
Now I need to display a Google Map for the user to verify whether the location is correct. I have looked at the “Pinpoint an address” page that both Rossko and Andrew Leach referred me to (http:// maps.huge.info/pinpointaddress.htm) to display a Google Map. This page uses javascript to create the map. I am still not very familiar with javascript, and do not know how to transfer variables between php and js in order to use this map/technique. Is it possible to create and display a Google map using just php and/or html, or do I need to learn how to communicate between js and php? On Mar 2, 4:31 pm, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > I guess I don’t quite understand the distinction between static and > > dynamic as it is used here. > > What they're trying to distinguish between is - > > "I have no idea what the address is until the user types it into some > form." Since that's going to be client-side, handling the geocoding > client-side too would be smart. That also allows a "did you mean? are > you sure? would you like to move it a bit?" functionality, which > sounds like what you need. > Example -http://maps.huge.info/pinpointaddress.htm > > and > > "I have a collection of addresses already on my server e.g. database" > Whilst it would be possible to send the address to a client upon every > access to e.g. work out the nearest one, its obviously smarter to work > through the database and geocode each address at the server ONCE and > store the result. Hence the provision of an HTTP geocoder too. In > your original post you talked about processing in php, which would > otherwise require use of this, but if your data is going to be pre- > processed at the point of entry before getting this far ... you won't > need it. -- 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.
