On 6 June 2011 06:43, Kelemen Viktor <[email protected]> wrote: > hi, > > thanks. > what you mean is that the google map link is just a search query and > does not (may not) include any specific location information?
Correct, taken to extreme, the link could look like http://maps.google.com/?q=London Even using 'Link' to get the generated on link, gives: http://maps.google.com/?q=London&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Westminster,+London,+United+Kingdom&t=h&z=10 which still doesn't contain any coordinates. > > our use case is that: > Users can enter google map links and our app shows them on a map. You could get perhaps close, by geocoding the 'q' param, to lookup the location via the geocode, (but taking into account, sll, hnear, hq too) But links can also be like http://maps.google.com/maps?q=pizza+express,+Crawley which the geocoder will not help with. The old local search API might, but Terms prevent you using that. (I have stripped these links down, to show the actual salient info. But the APIs do not allow you to completely reconstruct the map totally) > let's say user #1 enters 3 google map links > user #2 enters 5 google map links > now i'd like to see them all on a map. Alas I fear that may not be totally (legally) possible. It might be possible, by straying into 'gray' areas of the terms. But dont really want to discuss that here. > > best, > Viktor > > > > > On Jun 4, 9:31 pm, Barry Hunter <[email protected]> wrote: >> The coordinates aren't always included. If they where they would be in the >> ll= parameter. Alought that is just where the view is centered and the user >> may of dragged the map, not the coordinates of the searched location. >> >> Don't know what your goal is so can't suggest alternatives ... >> On Jun 4, 2011 9:37 AM, "Kelemen Viktor" <[email protected]> wrote:> >> hi, >> >> > i'd like to extract latitude and longitude values from google map >> > links. >> >> > let's say you have the following link (this is the link that you'd get >> > onhttp://maps.google.comlink menu) >> >> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=tokyo&aq=... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > there are a couple of lat/lon values here (sll, sspn) but none of them >> > seems right. In this case the first pair links to Mongolia the second >> > goes to Oklahoma. >> >> > the correct lat/lon would be around 35.6894875, 139.6917064. >> >> > my question is that how you can get this values from a link? >> >> > I found this sitehttp://mapki.com/wiki/Google_Map_Parametersbut i >> > could not really figure out the solution. >> >> > thanks and best, Viktor >> >> > -- >> > 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. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
