Thanks, just tried it again with your advice. I zoomed out to show entire UK and then did the search and it worked, I think I was zoomed in too much and it was just missing showing manchester at the time so it wasn't in the "viewport".
A little annoying but I suppose its something to bear in mind. Col On Jul 31, 2:21 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 30, 6:01 pm, amnesia7 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've just tried searching for it using the Places API (http:// > > code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/places- > > autocomplete.html with the "All" radio button set) and it's a bit > > weird. > > > If I try to type in "manchester evening news arena" it doesn't find > > anything. However, if I search for "manchester" first to set the map > > there and do another search for "manchester evening news arena" it > > finds it. > > > Anybody got an explanation? > > Did you read the documentation for the places > API?http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/places.html... > > From my read, that behavior makes perfect sense: > + Place Search Requests > + Place Searches are initiated with a call to the PlacesService's > search() method. > + This method takes a request with the following fields: > + Either of: > + bounds, which must be a google.maps.LatLngBounds object defining the > rectangle in which to > + search; or > + a location and radius; the former takes a google.maps.LatLng object, > and the radius takes a > + simple integer, representing the circle's radius in meters. > > And for autocomplete: > + Adding Autocomplete > + The Autocomplete constructor takes two arguments: > + An HTML input element of type text. This is the input field that the > Autocomplete service will > + monitor and attach its results to. > + An options argument, which can contain: > + types, which can be either establishment or geocode, representing > businesses or addresses, > + respectively. If types is not specified, both types are returned. > + bounds is a google.maps.LatLng object specifying the area in which > to search for Places. The > + results are biased towards, but not restricted to, Places contained > within these bounds. > > -- Larry -- 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.
