On Jul 19, 8:30 pm, Brad C <[email protected]> wrote: > Cheers Larry. :) > > Given that both you and Rossko are asking if I'm sure about my method > it must mean that I'm going about this the wrong way. I'm super super > new to this whole thing and I've likely chosen an overly complicated > method for my means. > Ah. I think I just got it... The Geocoder is just for finding the > place names of the world that is relative to the marker placement/ > coords?
That is what a reverse geocoder does. A geocoder finds coordinates from an address. > > All I'm really needing is to figure out for example is the coords for > Scaron on my map. Scaron is near the top right of my map in big red > text with a red icon above. What I was planning was to use the > draggable marker example code as a way to drag the marker to the > different locations I want to mark on my map and copy the coords down > to make markers with. > > Is the draggable marker example the best way for me to find coords on > my custom map or is there a better way? That example (since it includes reverse geocoding) is actually a little more complicated than you need. All you really need is this part of it: http://www.geocodezip.com/v3_GoogleEx_draggable-markers_no-geocoder.html > And if it is is there a > simple way of basically overlaying my custom tile map over the example > pages map? You seem to have made a good start at that. -- Larry > > http://gmaps-samples-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/draggable-markers/dr...http://www.darkmatters.org/forums/bradstuff/Map/S2IBmap.html > > Thanx for the replies guys. I really do appreciate it. -- 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.
