I have profile pages for users of my little card game, like this one - where I display their position by looking up their city. My current jQuery code is here:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
// the city name is inserted here by the PHP script
findCity('New-York');
});
function createMap(center) {
var opts = {
zoom: 9,
center: center,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
return new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), opts);
}
function findCity(city) {
var gc = new google.maps.Geocoder();
gc.geocode( { "address": city}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
var pos = results[0].geometry.location;
var map = createMap(pos);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
title: city,
position: pos
});
}
});
}
</script>
......
<div id="map"></div>
and it works well, but I only get a simple red marker with a dot displayed:
Is there please a way to display the user avatar instead of the simple marker?
I have URLs for user pictures in my database (together with names, cities, etc.)
They are mostly big images (bigger than 200x300).
The Google maps API does support custom icons, and it's explained in their documentation here.
An example can be found here
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I'm playing with the Firefox addon Ubiquity. I'm trying to put a custom google map on the preview page. The page should contain the following:
<html>
<head>
<title>Google Maps Multiple Markers</title>
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=MY_KEY" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map" style="height: 400px; width: 500px;"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var locations = ['Bondi Beach', 'Coogee Beach', 'Cronulla Beach', 'Manly Beach', 'Maroubra Beach'];
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
zoom: 10,
center: new google.maps.LatLng(-33.92, 151.25),
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
});
var marker, i;
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
for (i = 0; i < locations.length; i++) {
console.log("coding " + locations[i]);
geocoder.geocode({'address': locations[i].toLowerCase()}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: results[0].geometry.location
});
} else {
alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status);
}
});
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
But the locations variable should be set by the input. The idea is to let the user map multiple locations (this functionality was once there, I'm trying to remake it). I've tried simply settings the pblock.innerHTML with that, but while it seems that it gets the input, nothing appears. I've tried reverse engineering the functionality of the default map command but I don't understand how it works.
I solved this by copying the whole file containing the map command and cutting all parts until I was left with only the parts that I needed. I'm still not sure why my old solution was not working though..
I want to add a map to my site to show a local business, but I don't want to use an image, I wanted to use google maps like I have seen on some websites.
I tried using this:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference#MapOptions
But it doesn't work (do you need to have it up on a server to work? I am just testing it local at the moment)
EDIT: Works now, I don't know what I did but it works.
there are few things you need to add ADD LAT, ADD LONG and ADD YOUR ADDRESS HERE
<div id="map-canvas" style="height:300px;"></div>
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&sensor=true"></script></script>
<script>
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
codeAddress();
});
var geocoder;
var map;
function initialize() {
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(ADD LAT, ADD LONG);
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 14,
center: latlng
}
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions);
}
function codeAddress() {
geocoder.geocode( { 'address': 'ADD YOUR ADDRESS HERE'}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: results[0].geometry.location
});
} else {
alert('Geocode was not successful for the following reason: ' + status);
}
});
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize());
</script>
If you just want to create a map to show where is your business as most the websites the answer is much simpler.
1 - Go to Google maps website and search for the address you want to add.
2 - Once you find the address in the button right of the screen click in settings
3 - Select share a embedded map.
4 - Select the size of the map and you will get something like this on the bar in the side
<iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3192.61190945592!2d174.74475940000002!3d-36.85176959999998!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x6d0d4793eebb1d67%3A0x6830f22a202256c9!2sPonsonby+Rd!5e0!3m2!1sen!2snz!4v1393896861642" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" style="border:0"></iframe>
Put into your website and job done :)
I am fairly new to the concept of using Google maps in my website.I have gotten this script to load a particular location in a div in my webpage. However, the desired location does not load into my page.
Say, I want to load the location BIT Main Bldg Patna, Bihar, India 12 m E in the div whenever we open the page. However, the result is not exact and we need to zoom in few more layers.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<title>Google Maps Geocoding Demo</title>
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"
type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map" style="width: 400px; height: 300px;"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var address = 'BIT Main Bldg Patna, Bihar, India 12 m E';
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN,
zoom: 8
});
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
geocoder.geocode({
'address': address
},
function(results, status) {
if(status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
new google.maps.Marker({
position: results[0].geometry.location,
map: map
});
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
}
else {
// Google couldn't geocode this request. Handle appropriately.
}
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
You may see the exact desired result by inputting BIT Main Bldg Patna, Bihar, India 12 m E in the output text box in this page. What's the mistake here ?
To make your page display a map like the one on the page you linked to, you need to alter the options you're supplying in your map constructor. Change the zoom attribute to 15 or 16 and mapTypeId to google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP, and your map will look more like what you had in mind.
try the following :
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
zoom: 15
});
I would reorganize your markup. The script should either be in the head section or after the </body> tag so that your function executes after all the elements are properly loaded in the browser DOM.
Create a function like
<script type="text/javascript">
function initialise()
{
var address = 'BIT Main Bldg Patna, Bihar, India 12 m E';
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN,
zoom: 10 //to get to a desirable zoom level change this value
});
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
geocoder.geocode({
'address': address
},
function(results, status) {
if(status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
new google.maps.Marker({
position: results[0].geometry.location,
map: map
});
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
}
else {
// Google couldn't geocode this request. Handle appropriately.
}
});
}
</script>
Then in your <body> tag you should use a onload event to execute the script.
<body onload="initialise()">
At the moment I serve pages showing a google map with a marker using an address retrieved from my database. I currently use a fairly simple piece of javascript code to add that marker by geocoding. My js code is dynamically generated by php. All is static except the "query" definition which gets initialized with the address search string.
I new to OSM and did some research to see if it can achieve this. At the moment I'm not sure it can. I found there are several js api's like OpenLayers which I'd need to use.
To sum it up :
How to add and show a single marker to an OSM, where the location is based on an address instead of a latitude/longtitude pair?
My current google based code is:
<script>
var geocoder; var map; var marker;
var query = 'Deutschland, Berlin, Platz der Republik 1, 11011';
function initialize()
{
var companyLocation = new google.maps.LatLng(51.964577109947506, 5.07568359375);
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644);
var myOptions = { zoom: 11, center: latlng, mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP }
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
codeAddress();
}
function codeAddress()
{
var address = query;
geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: results[0].geometry.location,
title: "Bundestag",
labelContent: "",
labelAnchor: new google.maps.Point(22, 0),
labelClass: "labels", // the CSS class for the label
labelStyle: {opacity: 0.75}
});
} else {
$('#map_canvas').html('<p style="margin: 15px">Address could not be found</p>');
}
});
}
</script>
See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim
Not going to write the code for you, but that wiki page has detailed information on how to call the Nominatim geocoding service.
So i checked out all the relating posts. I was wondering, which i have yet to be able to find with about 20 google searches and about 45 website visits, if it is possible, based on users information that i could load a google map to display the users desired location.
Your probably asking, "Give me more details, that could mean anything!"
Your right, it could. So say i have a user that gives me (i got it from the database)
var stuffIGotFromMyWebServerWithPHPandMySQL = {
myComment: "Hey Everyone, party at my place!",
country: "US",
state: "MT",
city: "Bozeman",
address: "Emerson Cultural Center"
};
Now that i have the information of what city/state/country the event is in, and the name of a place, The Emerson is a real place in bozeman that google maps will recognize, is there a way to load a map with a marker at that location? I have the latitude/longitude for bozeman, MT, but i do not have such information about the Emerson. Is there a way i could provide the just the words, and have it bring up the place with a marker, on a static, no user interaction allowed map?
and i would probably want to load it through js
Thanks,
Michael B Paulson
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
<script>
var marker;
function initialize() {
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
geocoder.geocode(
{
'address': 'Emerson Cultural Center, Bozeman, MT'
},
function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
var myOptions = {
zoom: 6,
center: results[0].geometry.location,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map:map,
draggable:false,
animation: google.maps.Animation.BOUNCE,
position: results[0].geometry.location
});
}
}
);
}
</script>
<div id="map_canvas" style="height:300px;width:300px"></div>
try this code and see if helps, you can use the Geocoder fro the google maps api to convert text to latlang.
you can see the following example from the documentation here http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/geocoding-simple.html