> I guess my first question is how can I feed the maps a search query > like find "Walgreens"
You can't. Maps is maps ; the closest it comes to 'search' is the geocoder, which will find addresses. It won't find business names. Google do provide a Local Search tool that you can integrate with maps http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/local.html and this will find some businesses if it knows about them. It won't be able to distinguish which ones stock your product though. It has limitations on the number of results returned (which needn't be a problem for "find the nearest" type of use). It doesn't provide multiple searches e.g. Walgreens or Sally or Bloggs, you'd need to search for each consecutively and blend the results. All do-able but more complex and slower. If there's any way you can maintain your own stockist list there are well known examples using your own data. http://code.google.com/apis/maps/articles/phpsqlsearch_v3.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=en.
