On Jul 25, 11:59 pm, Austin <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am new with the google maps api so I really don't know much about
> it.
>
> I want to create a custom field in my wordpress website, where the
> admin types in an address in this field and it will display a map
> based on that address in the website. I just need to create a script
> that will use a php var to generate a map. Is this possible and if so
> how would I go about doing this?

You need to geocode the address and use the resulting coordinates to
center the map.

See:
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/v2/services.html#Geocoding
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/v2/articles.html
and this tutorial might help:
http://econym.org.uk/gmap/

  -- Larry

>
> Thanks.

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