Or u can ask your user to add their address and then perform reverse geocoding on that address to get the Lat/Lang of user and pan to that location on google map and set that position as user address.
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Josh Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > We are building a simple social network and would like our users to have > the ability to add in a simple Google map image of where they are based. > On Gumtree, it is possible for users to fill in their address by simply > giving their postcode and then a map is automatically generated for their > ad based on this postcode. > > Can somebody suggest how best to code this or where to look? It just > needs to be nice and simple for our users. Currently we're asking users to > copy and paste the anchor link text from Google into a field themselves, > which has all sorts of security issues plus it's not user-friendly. > > Many thanks indeed! > > -- > 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/-/YFryz8TEXtgJ. > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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.
