Viewed, and starred. Thanks for the lightning answer; I didn't think to search the "issues" first (duh).
All things considered, it's probably easiest to maintain my own typeahead-list, especially since I'm only interested in cities (i.e., towns, villages, and hamlets) in Switzerland at the moment. Won't be as pretty as Google Maps native, but almost as useful. I'll just have to chuck the eels out of my hovercraft to make room for the bees ... o_O (http://www.bienenwelt.ch/plz%20verzeichnis%20schweiz/nach%20ort%20- %20ortschaften%20schweiz/plz%20-%20postleitzahlen%20schweiz%20-%20A%20- %201a.php) On Apr 19, 11:24 am, Barry Hunter <[email protected]> wrote: > That is not a documented API. It is not offically supported. > > And as its not part of any API, its use is not actully covered by the > API terms. > > ... so to use it, you probably have to work within the Terms of Google > Maps, and the general Google terms. > > (And from my reading of said terms, you wouldnt be able to use it, but > maybe consult your own lawyers) > > ... you could instead, star this > issue:http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=2780 > in the hope that Google can make it a real API. > > On 19 April 2011 09:39, Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hoping this isn't an n-th posting on the same subject: The Google Maps > > API doesn't provide any feature supporting the same kind of typeahead > > you get on regular Google Maps - true or false? > > > For example: > > I type "Mut" in the search field in regular Google Maps, and get a > > selection "Muttontown, NY, USA" / "Mutterstadt, Germany" / "Mutual, > > OK, United States", and so on. > > > I've seen this library built on > > jQuery:http://code.google.com/p/geo-autocomplete/ > > Which is not quite what I'm looking for, because: > > (a) this issue:http://code.google.com/p/geo-autocomplete/issues/detail?id=7 > > (appears not to be a true typeahead, but more a "pre-/live-search") > > (b) I'm working with Domino XPages, and am hesitant to mix Dojo and > > jQuery > > > Looking at the HTTP headers, the URI being addressed during typeahead > > appears to be "http://maps.google.com/maps/suggest?q=..."; > > Questions: > > (a) is it legitimate / is one allowed to use this resource? > > (b) is there any documentation on the parameters (q=, cp=, hl=, gl=, > > v=, clid=, json=, ll=, spn=, auth=, src=, num=, numps=, callback=, and > > what-have-you)? > > > Thanks! > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. -- 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.
