Hi there,
Remove "center:latlng" from the "myOptions" variable.
As a backup incase the geocode is unsuccessful, set the map center to
your latlng like so
else {
alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " +
status);
map.setCenter(latlng);
}
That's it.
Pete
On Mar 4, 3:54 am, stacef <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm trying to use maps in my CMS but I'm very new to the Google Maps
> API. I'd like the map to load based on a an address geocoded from a
> PHP variable. I've figured it out in v2 but I'd prefer to do it in
> v3. Based on the code found in <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/
> maps/documentation/v3/services.html#Geocoding">this tutorial</a> ,
> I've come up with the following which sort of works - it loads the
> LatLng map first, then loads mine - but I know it's not right.
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> <?php
> $address = '1 california'.'San Francisco, CA';
> ?>
>
> var geocoder;
> var map;
> var address = "<?php echo $address; ?>";
>
> function initialize() {
> geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
> var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-33.397, 150.644);
> geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results,
> status) {
> if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
> map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
> var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
> map: map,
> position: results[0].geometry.location
> });
> } else {
> alert("Geocode was not successful for the
> following reason: " +
> status);
> }
> });
> var myOptions = {
> zoom: 8,
> center: latlng,
> mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
> }
> map = new
> google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"),
> myOptions);
> }
> </script>
>
> And here's a link
> <a href="http://stacefelder.com/maptest.php";>http://stacefelder.com/
> maptest.php</a>
>
> I'm guessing this is one of those stupid fixes but I think I've been
> staring at it too long and I can't figure it out. All thoughts and
> suggestions welcomed.
> Thanks
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