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Google Places API - Angular Services

I'm trying to create a service in which I get a list of sites and the ability to share that data between controllers
angular.module('app')
.controller('googleMapCtrl', ['$scope', function($scope ){
var map;
$scope.placeNameArr = [];
console.log($scope.placeNameArr);
function initialise (position) {
$scope.$apply(function(){
var center = new google.maps.LatLng(position.coords.latitude, position.coords.longitude);
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'),{
center: center,
zoom:12
});
var defaultBounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds(
new google.maps.LatLng(),
new google.maps.LatLng());
var option = {
bounds: defaultBounds,
types: ['(cities)']
};
var input = document.getElementById('pac-input');
map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_LEFT].push(input);
var autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input, option) ;
var request = {
location: center,
radius: 8047,
types: [ 'restaurant' ]
// 'restaurant'
};
infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
var service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);
service.nearbySearch(request, callback);
})
}
function callback(results, stattus) {
if(stattus == google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
for (var i=0; i < results.length; i++) {
var place = results[i]
createMarker(results[i]);
// console.log(results);
}
$scope.$apply(function () {
$scope.places = results;
});
}
}
function createMarker(place) {
var placeLoc = place.geometry.location;
photos = place.photos;
if (!photos) {
return;
}
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: place.geometry.location
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function(){
infowindow.setContent('<div><strong>' + place.name + '</strong><br>' +
'Place ID: ' + place.place_id + '<br>' +
'<img src='+ place.photos[0].getUrl({'maxWidth': 175, 'maxHeight': 175}) +'>' + '<br>' + 'Rating:' + place.rating + '<img src='+ place.photos +'>' + '</div>');
infowindow.open(map,this);
})
console.log(place);
$scope.placeNameArr.push(place.name);
}
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(initialise);
// google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
}])
I I'm not sure what approach i should take in this problem.
Ultimately i would like to share this results with Wikipedia API Controller
angular.module('app')
.controller('wikiCtrl', ['$scope','$http', function($scope, $http ){
var vm = $scope;
vm.searchTermArr = [];
vm.searchWiki = function(wikiFactory){
console.log(response);
}
vm.searchWiki = function(){
$http({
url: "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=opensearch&search=" + vm.searchTerm + '&format=json&callback=JSON_CALLBACK',
method: 'jsonp'
}).success(function(response){
console.log(response);
vm.searchTermArr.push(response[1]);
vm.searchTermArr.push(response[2]);
vm.searchTermArr.push(response[3]);
});
};
}]);
and get information based of long name of location ....
Thank you for all your suggestions.

Duplicate values in google map pagination

The code below display a map and display the results in UL. I have 2 buttons that display train station and shopping mall.Initially, it will display the results correctly but If I click the other button, it will display duplicate values.
Javascript
var map;
var pos;
var distance;
var distancearray = [];
var markers = [];
//=================================================================
function initialize() {
googleMapsLoaded = false;
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
zoom: 13
});
// Try HTML5 geolocation
if(navigator.geolocation) {
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) {
pos = new google.maps.LatLng(position.coords.latitude,position.coords.longitude);
var request = {
location:pos,
radius:3000, //3000 Meters
type:initialtype
};
infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
var service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);
service.nearbySearch(request,callback);
infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
map: map,
position: pos,
content: 'You Are Here',
});
map.setCenter(pos);
}, function() {
handleNoGeolocation(true);
});
} else {
// Browser doesn't support Geolocation
handleNoGeolocation(false);
}
function callback(results, status) {
if (status !== google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
return;
}
else{
for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++)
markers.push(createMarker(results[i]));
}
} //end callback function
/* listen to the tilesloaded event
if that is triggered, google maps is loaded successfully for sure */
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'tilesloaded', function() {
googleMapsLoaded = true;
// document.getElementById("mapnotification").innerHTML = "Map Loaded!";
$("#mapnotification").hide();
$("#map-loaded").show();
$("#map-loaded").css('visibility', 'hidden');
$("#map-notloaded").hide();
//clear the listener, we only need it once
google.maps.event.clearListeners(map, 'tilesloaded');
});
setTimeout(function() {
if (!googleMapsLoaded) {
//we have waited 7 secs, google maps is not loaded yet
document.getElementById("mapnotification").innerHTML = "Map NOT Loaded! Make sure you have stable internet connnection";
$("#mapnotification").hide();
$("#map-notloaded").show();
$("#map-loaded").hide();
}
}, 7000);
function createMarker(place) { // Create Marker and the Icon of the marker
// var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
var markerlat;
var markerlon;
var p2;
var output="";
var placesList = document.getElementById('places');
placeLoc = place.geometry.location;
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: place.geometry.location,
icon: {
path: google.maps.SymbolPath.CIRCLE,
scale: 8,
fillColor:'00a14b',
fillOpacity:0.3,
fillStroke: '00a14b',
strokeWeight:4,
strokeOpacity: 0.7
}, // end icon
}); //end of marker variable
markerlat = marker.getPosition().lat()
markerlon = marker.getPosition().lng()
console.log("Markers Lat" + markerlat);
console.log("Markers Lon" + markerlon );
p2 = new google.maps.LatLng(markerlat, markerlon);
distance = [calcDistance(pos, p2)];
//calculates distance between two points in km's
function calcDistance(p1, p2) {
return (google.maps.geometry.spherical.computeDistanceBetween(p1, p2) / 1000).toFixed(2);
}
distancearray.push([distance, place.name]);
distancearray.sort();
console.log("distancearraylength" + distancearray.length);
console.log("Summary" + distancearray);
for(var i = 0; i < distancearray.length; i++){
output += '<li>' + distancearray[i][1] + " " + distancearray[i][0]+ " " + "km" + '</li>';
placesList.innerHTML = output;
}
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() { //show place name when marker clicked
infowindow.setContent(place.name);
infowindow.open(map, marker);
}); // end of marker show place name
} // end createMarker function
function handleNoGeolocation(errorFlag) {
if (errorFlag) {
var content = 'Error: The Geolocation service failed.';
} else {
var content = 'Error: Your browser doesn\'t support geolocation.';
}
var options = {
map: map,
position: new google.maps.LatLng(60, 105),
content: content
};
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow(options);
map.setCenter(options.position);
} // End handleNoGeolocation function
} //End function initialize
//==========================================================================================================//
$(document).on('pagebeforeshow','#itemPanel2', function(e, data){ // Loading of Nearest Place Options
bindchoicesclick();
function bindchoicesclick(){
$("#subway_station").on("click",function(){
// alert("subway");
markers = [];
pos="";
while(distancearray.length > 0) {
distancearray.pop();
}
while(markers.length > 0) {
markers.pop();
}
//$("#places").empty();
initialtype = ['subway_station'];
buttonholder = "Nearest Station";
$("#find").val(buttonholder);
$("#find").button("refresh");
initialize();
});
$("#shopping_mall").on("click",function(){
// alert("stores");
markers = [];
pos="";
while(distancearray.length > 0) {
distancearray.pop();
}
while(markers.length > 0) {
markers.pop();
}
// distancearray.splice(0).
// $("#places").empty();
initialtype = ['shopping_mall'];
buttonholder = "Nearest Mall";
$("#find").val(buttonholder);
$("#find").button("refresh");
initialize();
});
}
});
HTML
<h1 id="headerField">Nearby Search</h1>
</div>
Search Nearest Train Station
Search Nearest Mall
</div>
<!--Train Stations -->
<div id="globa_map" data-role="page">
<div data-role="header">
Back
Refresh
<h1 id="headerField">Global</h1>
</div>
<div data-role="content">
<!-- <input type="button" id="refreshmap" value="Refresh"> -->
<p id="mapnotification">Please wait while the map is loading...</p>
<p id="map-loaded">Map Loaded!</p>
<p id="map-notloaded">Map NOT Loaded! Make sure you have stable internet connnection</p>
<h2>Results</h2>
<ul id="places"></ul>
<button id="more">More results</button>
<div id="map" style="height:400px;">
</div>
</div>

Different results in Google Places API and Google Maps

I'm using the Google Places JavaScript API for a desktop application. However, the search results returned by the API aren't the same as the ones I get in maps.google.com. For instance, if I search for "Antique Hostel", I get many results (almost all of them are kinda random) whereas on Google Maps I get the correct (single) result.
Is the quality of the search isn't the same in the API and the service?
Here is my code
function initialize() {
// map setup
var mapOptions = {
center: new google.maps.LatLng(52.519171, 13.406091199999992),
zoom: 6,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
},
$map = document.getElementById('mapCanvas'),
map = new google.maps.Map($map, mapOptions),
input = document.getElementById('searchInput'),
autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input),
service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map),
$ajaxSearchInput = $(input),
markers = [];
autocomplete.bindTo('bounds', map);
$ajaxSearchInput.keydown(function(e) {
if (e.keyCode === 13) {
var request = {
query: $(this).val(),
radius: '500',
location: map.getCenter()
}
service.textSearch(request, searchCallBack);
}
});
searchCallBack = function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
console.log(results);
for (var i = 0, marker; marker = markers[i]; i++) {
marker.setMap(null);
}
for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
var place = results[i];
createMarker(results[i], bounds);
}
map.fitBounds(bounds);
}
}
createMarker = function(place, bounds) {
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
title: place.name,
position: place.geometry.location
});
// event listener to show the InfoWindow.
(function(marker, place) {
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
var content = '<h3>' + place.name + '</h3> ' + place.formatted_address + '<br>',
infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
content: ''
});
if (place.rating) {
content += '<p> <b>Rating</b>: ' + place.rating + '</p>';
}
if (place.types) {
content += '<p> <b>Tags</b>: ';
for (var j = 0, tag; tag = place.types[j]; j++) {
content += tag + ', '
}
content += '</p>';
}
infowindow.content = content;
infowindow.open(map, marker);
});
})(marker, place);
markers.push(marker);
bounds.extend(place.geometry.location);
}
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);

Permanent Google Map Infowindow

I have a marker which has a dynamic position (i.e. updated periodically). When marker is clicked, an infowindow is shown but when marker position is updated, the infowindow gets automatically closed. I want that when marker position is updated, infowindow position should also get updated automatically. How to solve this.
P.S. :- infowindow contain a form which is editable by the user.
Problem : when user is editing/filling the form and marker position gets updated (form not submitted yet), then the form will get closed and user will lose his data.
<script type="text/javascript">
var map;
var lat_longs = new Array();
var geocoder = null;
var infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
var trafficLayer = null;
var weatherLayer = null;
var markers = new Array();
var poi = new Array();
var fitMap = 0;
loc_array = new Array();
totUpdateOld = new Array();
ident = 0;
function showMap() {
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 5,
center: new google.maps.LatLng('-0.57128','117.202148'),
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), mapOptions);
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
trafficLayer = new google.maps.TrafficLayer();
weatherLayer = new google.maps.weather.WeatherLayer({
temperatureUnits: google.maps.weather.TemperatureUnit.CELCIUS
});
showCarPosition(function() {
fitMapToBounds();
});
}
function showCarPosition(){
if (markers.length>0){
ident = 2;
}
var car_icon;
jQuery.getJSON('<s:property value="jsonUrl"/>','', function(data) {
var arrayCar = data.listCar;
for (var i = 0; i < arrayCar.length; i++) {
var car = arrayCar[i];
var status = "";
var tanggal = "never";
var car_type = (car.type != "" || car.type != null)?' ('+car.type+')':'';
if(car.lastUpdate == null){
car_icon = ctx + 'web/img/car_black.png';
status = "Belum pernah kirim data";
}else if((not_active = (currentdate - stringToDate(car.lastUpdate))/ 1000 / 60) >= 30){ //diff in minute
car_icon = ctx + 'web/img/car_red.png';
status = convertMinute(not_active);
}else if((((currentdate - stringToDate(car.lastUpdate))/ 1000 / 60) >= 5) && (car.lastSpeed == 0)){ //diff in minute
car_icon = ctx + 'web/img/car_yellow.png';
status = "Berhenti";
}else
car_icon = ctx + 'web/img/car_green.png';
if(car.lastUpdate != null){
var splitDate = car.lastUpdate.split("T");
tanggal = splitDate[1]+" "+splitDate[0].split("-")[2]+"-"+bulan[parseInt(splitDate[0].split("-")[1])]+"-"+splitDate[0].split("-")[0];
}
var coordinate = new google.maps.LatLng(car.latitude, car.longitude);
var windowContent =[
'<div class="windowcontent"><ul class="nav infowindow nav-pills nav-stacked">',
'<li class="active">'+car.plate +car_type+' - '+ car.driverName +'</li>',
(status != null)?'<li>'+status+'</li>':'',
(car.phoneNumber != null)?'<li>Phone : ' + car.phoneNumber+ '</li>':'',
'<li>Last Temp : ' + car.lastTemp+ '</li>',
(parseInt(car.lastSpeed)>0)?'<li>Last Speed : ' + car.lastSpeed+ '</li>':'',
(car.type != "" || car.type != null)?'<li>Last Speed : ' + car.lastSpeed+ '</li>':'',
'<li>Last Connected : ' + tanggal+ '</li>',
'<li>'+((car.note != null)?car.note:'no notes')+'<li>',
'<div id="'+car.id+'"></div></ul>',
'<span id="'+car.id+'" onclick="editinfo(this, \''+car.note+'\');">Edit Note</span></div>']
.join('');
if (ident == 0){
var marker = createMarker({
map: map,
position: coordinate,
icon: car_icon,
labelContent: ((car.driverName == null)?car.plate:car.driverName)+'-'+car.lastSpeed,
labelAnchor: new google.maps.Point(32, 0),
labelClass: "unitlabel",
labelStyle: {opacity: 1.0}
});
loc_array[car.id] = i;
bindInfoWindow(marker, 'click', windowContent);
google.maps.event.addListener(infoWindow, 'domready', function(){
jQuery('.viewlog').click(function() {
jQuery.history.load(jQuery(this).attr('href'));
return false;
});
});
}else{
if (car.totalUpdate > totUpdateOld[car.id]) {
var map_post = loc_array[car.id];
markers[map_post].setMap(null);
var marker = updateMarker({
map: map,
position: coordinate,
icon: car_icon,
labelContent: ((car.driverName == null)?car.plate:car.driverName)+'-'+car.lastSpeed,
labelAnchor: new google.maps.Point(32, 0),
labelClass: "unitlabel",
labelStyle: {opacity: 1.0}
}, map_post);
bindInfoWindow(marker, 'click', windowContent);
google.maps.event.addListener(infoWindow, 'domready', function(){
jQuery('.viewlog').click(function() {
jQuery.history.load(jQuery(this).attr('href'));
return false;
});
});
}
}
totUpdateOld[car.id] = car.totalUpdate;
}
fitMapToBounds();
});
setTimeout("showCarPosition()",5000);
}
function createMarker(markerOptions) {
var marker = new MarkerWithLabel(markerOptions);
markers.push(marker);
lat_longs.push(marker.getPosition());
return marker;
}
function updateMarker(markerOptions,id) {
var marker = new MarkerWithLabel(markerOptions);
markers[id] = marker;
lat_longs[id] = marker.getPosition();
return marker;
}
function fitMapToBounds() {
var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
if (fitMap == 0){
if (lat_longs.length>0) {
for (var i=0; i<lat_longs.length; i++) {
bounds.extend(lat_longs[i]);
}
map.fitBounds(bounds);
fitMap = 1;
}
}
}
function bindInfoWindow(marker, event, windowContent) {
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, event, function() {
infoWindow.setContent(windowContent);
infoWindow.open(map, marker);
});
}
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
showMap();
});
</script>
<div id="map_canvas" class="widgettitle" style="height:540px;"></div>

call this function when the marker position is changed .
infowindow.open(map,marker);

Put an onblur event handler on the text field that calls a halt to the repositioning.
Then when it is submitted and goes to the new point, restart it (if needed).

Dynamically populated google maps sidebar

I've been using the code from this V3 example to set up a links bar that dynamically populates when different category filters are selected, but have two problems at the moment. Firstly, I've put the the initial makeSidebar function in the map's idle event, but the sidebar is only created when the map is moved, not on loading of the page. Secondly, I can't seem to get the marker infowindow to open when the corresponding link is clicked in the sidebar. My code is below:
var map;
var infowindow;
var image = [];
var gmarkers = [];
var place;
var side_bar_html = "";
image['attraction'] = 'http://google-maps-icons.googlecode.com/files/beach.png';
image['food'] = 'http://google-maps-icons.googlecode.com/files/restaurant.png';
image['hotel'] = 'http://google-maps-icons.googlecode.com/files/hotel.png';
image['city'] = 'http://google-maps-icons.googlecode.com/files/smallcity.png';
function mapInit(){
var placeLat = jQuery("#placelat").val();
var placeLng = jQuery("#placelng").val();
var centerCoord = new google.maps.LatLng(placeLat, placeLng);
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 15,
center: centerCoord,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), mapOptions);
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'idle', function() {
var bounds = map.getBounds();
var ne = bounds.getNorthEast();
var sw = bounds.getSouthWest();
var yMaxLat = ne.lat();
var xMaxLng = ne.lng();
var yMinLat = sw.lat();
var xMinLng = sw.lng();
//alert("bounds changed");
updateMap(yMaxLat, xMaxLng, yMinLat, xMinLng);
show("attraction");
show("food");
show("hotel");
show("city");
makeSidebar();
});
function updateMap(yMaxLat, xMaxLng, yMinLat, xMinLng) {
jQuery.getJSON("/places", { "yMaxLat": yMaxLat, "xMaxLng": xMaxLng, "yMinLat": yMinLat, "xMinLng": xMinLng }, function(json) {
if (json.length > 0) {
for (i=0; i<json.length; i++) {
var place = json[i];
var category = json[i].tag;
var name = json[i].name;
addLocation(place,category,name);
//makeSidebar();
}
}
});
}
function addLocation(place,category,name) {
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: new google.maps.LatLng(place.geom.y, place.geom.x),
map: map,
title: place.name,
icon: image[place.tag]
});
//var iwNode = document.getElementById("infowindow");
marker.mycategory = category;
marker.myname = name;
gmarkers.push(marker);
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
if (infowindow) infowindow.close();
infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
content: "<div id='infowindow'><div id='infowindow_name'><p>"+ place.name +"</p></div><div id='infowindow_contents'><p>" + place.tag +"</p><a href='/places/"+place.id+"' id='place_link'>Show more!</a></div></div>"
});
infowindow.open(map, marker);
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function() {
infowindow.close();
});
});
}
function show(category) {
for (var i=0; i<gmarkers.length; i++) {
if (gmarkers[i].mycategory == category) {
gmarkers[i].setVisible(true);
}
}
document.getElementById(category+"box").checked = true;
}
function hide(category) {
for (var i=0; i<gmarkers.length; i++) {
if (gmarkers[i].mycategory == category) {
gmarkers[i].setVisible(false);
}
}
document.getElementById(category+"box").checked = false;
infowindow.close();
}
function boxclick(box,category) {
if (box.checked) {
show(category);
} else {
hide(category);
}
makeSidebar();
}
jQuery('#attractionbox').click(function() {
boxclick(this, 'attraction');
});
jQuery('#foodbox').click(function() {
boxclick(this, 'food');
});
jQuery('#hotelbox').click(function() {
boxclick(this, 'hotel');
});
jQuery('#citybox').click(function() {
boxclick(this, 'city');
});
function myclick(i) {
google.maps.event.trigger(gmarkers[i],"click");
}
function makeSidebar() {
//var html = "";
for (var i=0; i<gmarkers.length; i++) {
if (gmarkers[i].getVisible()) {
side_bar_html += '<a href="javascript:myclick(' + i + ')">' + gmarkers[i].myname + '<\/a><br>';
}
}
document.getElementById("side_bar").innerHTML = side_bar_html;
}
}
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
mapInit();
//makeSidebar();
});
Any help would be much appreciated - what can I do to get the sidebar loaded when the page loads, and to get the link click event working? Thanks!

The reason your links are not working is that you are defining your my_click and makeSidebar functions inside of your mapInit function and so they are not available outside of the scope of mapInit. Simply move them outside of mapInit and everything should just work.
As for the load event ... what you are looking for is the addDomListener method of google.maps.event. Simply use
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', name_of_your_inital_function);
// e. g. google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', mapInit);
Finally; notta bene ... don't do this:
var image = [];
image['attraction'] = 'data';
image['food'] = 'more data';
Arrays are not meant to be used as hashes in Javascript. Use objects for dictionaries / hashes instead -- it's what you are actually doing (Array "subclasses" Object) and it will make it easier for others to use your code (and save you from headaches down the line).
var image = {};
image['attraction'] = 'data';
image['food'] = 'more data';