On Jul 24, 5:10 pm, slindsey3000 <slindsey3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for responses. @William... tried that before didn't work. > Seems it needs code in top part. > > @Kesuke .. it is being developed on localhost right now and will be > deployed when done... > > map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), > myOptions); > > This is where it first builds map... centered in Australia... there > must be a way to initialize map to address?
No. You have to geocode the address (translate it to latitude/ longitude), before you can use it to initialize the map. -- Larry > > sigh... > > On Jul 23, 8:47 pm, William <william.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Jul 24, 10:38 am, slindsey3000 <slindsey3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Any cleanup suggestions? Thanks!! > > > maybe create the map only once you know the geocode? > > > function initialize() { > > > geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder(); > > > var address = "10 Downing St,London,UK"; > > > geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results, status) > > { > > if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) { > > > map = new > > google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), { > > zoom: 12, > > center: results[0].geometry.location, > > mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP > > }); > > > var marker = new google.maps.Marker({ > > map: map, > > position: results[0].geometry.location > > }); > > > } else { > > alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + > > status); > > } > > }); > > }- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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 google-maps-js-api...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.