Well, I *WAS* making a dump mistake. I discovered you had to click the little on/off button to the right to the link, NOT click the link.
Problem solve. Maps work. Sorry for the trouble. Thanks Richard On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:58:14 PM UTC-4, Papa Bear wrote: > > Sorry Barry > > What you say is just about what the Developers reference said. > > However, there was nothing I could find on the console page to "enable V2" > since on the services page the link *Google Maps API > v2<http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/> > * brought up the *v3 page*. If there's another page to "enable" a > service, I couldn't find it. When I do go back to the API Access page I > just get the ID information I showed in my original post. > > Try it. That's the link. > > I would *LOVE *to find out I'm making a dumb mistake. > > Thanks > Richard > > On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 5:57:18 PM UTC-4, barryhunter wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Papa Bear <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > Sorry that this seems to be a repeat question. >> > >> > I have existing V2 maps on several domains. For reasons unrelated to >> the >> > maps, I need to move some of these to a new domain. >> > >> > Of course I get the usual message: "This web site needs a different >> Google >> > Maps API key. A new key can be generated at >> > >> http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/v2/introduction.html#Obtaining_Key >> ." >> > >> > The search for the Google site to get a version 2 key was fruitless. >> > >> > 1) Going to the url given in the error message sent me to a page that >> (of >> > course) said V2 was deprecated but contained a link to the "Developer's >> > Reference". That had this informative sentence section: >> > >> > To create your API key, visit the APIs Console at >> > https://code.google.com/apis/console and log in with your Google >> Account. >> > >> > Click the Services link from the left-hand menu, then activate the >> Google >> > Maps API v2 service. >> > >> > Once the service has been activated, your API key is available from the >> API >> > Access page, in the Simple API Access section. Maps API applications >> use the >> > Key for browser apps. >> > >> > >> > 2) Following that set of instructions I went tp the Google API Console >> > Google Maps API >> > v2<http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/> >> https://code.google.com/apis/console. >> > >> > 3) The console first asked me to create a project which I did. Then in >> the >> > API Access tab I got a list of items: >> > >> > Client ID: >> > Email address >> > Client Secret: >> > Redirect URLs >> > Javascript origins: >> > >> > I was getting hopeful ... >> > >> > >> > 4) Then following the next instruction from the developer reference, I >> went >> > back to the the console home page and clicked on services and selected >> > Google Maps v2. >> >> Once you enabled v2. Just go back to the API Access page, and click >> the "Create new Browser key" button. >> >> > >> > 5) Unfortunately that brings up the v3 page and none of the options >> > mentioned in the reference. In fact both the v2 link and v3 link have >> the >> > same url address in the link, namely >> > "http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/"; >> > >> > >> > Can anyone solve this puzzle for me? >> > >> > Thanks >> > Richard >> > >> > -- >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-api/-/xnPO_jHuriYJ. 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.
