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Been messing around with the API ... half way there ....

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 11:11pm CEST by travelworldvideos

Hi guys,

Been messing a bit with my google map, and here it is:

[link]

1. I have a mouse hover event definition . . . . why would I want to
bother keeping the mouse click event code?
2. The bottom map is identical to the upper map, except I tried to get
custom icon with 2 img elements?

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 10:19pm CEST by Nacho G

Hi, im trying to do this with google maps but im confused:
I want to place images in the map, so im creating custom markers which
are the mini-thumbnails.
I want those thumbnails to have a 1px white border (just like
[link]), so im trying this:

function createMarker(point,thumb_url,) {
using the main PNG source

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 9:53pm CEST by HunGeri

Hello there,

the google maps main images are reacheble in such a link:
[link]
where only the x, y, and zoom variables are necesary. This x,y numbers
shows a part of Budapest. My questions are:
- are we able to use these pictures (legal)? In that way we are able
Drag "alla Google maps"...

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 9:24pm CEST by phooks

Hi all, I have been using the search feature, and I guess that it is
safe to say that we still cannot create the automated "draggable
routes" that are so handy in GOogle Maps with the Api, and we must
limit ourselves to solutions like the one exposed here?
[link]
Geolocator problem! please help!

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 9:16pm CEST by tabetan

When i call this method from another function:
"point" keeps being undefined!!
I can I return the point object to the function example?

thank you very much,
Tabetan

CODE__________________________ ______________________________ _:

function example(location){
var point = showAddress(location);
Google Map API being used to pinpoint the location of prostitutes and brothels in South Africa.

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 8:55pm CEST by Loki

The following site: [link] is using
the Google map API to locate prostitutes and brothels in South
Africa.

I’m no prude but as per the terms of service of the Google map API
this must certainly be a completely unacceptable use of the Google Map
API.

Prostitution and the keeping of a brothel is completely illegal in
I wish for JSONized XML in the APIs

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 8:39pm CEST by Dr. Clue

There is so much that could be done if Javascript representations
of data were rendered as JSONized XML

var theResults={ n:"result" ,// The nodeName value
c:[] ,// The childNodes
a:{} ,// The attributes
v:"" ,// The nodeValue
d:"" }// The CDATA

Nice and cross-domain , yet totally generic allowing for
Change polygon color

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 8:37pm CEST by Sunny

Hi,

I am trying to plot NY Counties on a map.
But I m facing some problems.
As there are 62 counties.
when i load the map, it takes too much time to load.
Atleast 10 seconds.
Is there a way to make the map load faster.

The second problem is when i try to change the polygon color from the
Can anyone please send me a basic Flex mapping example that compiles?

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:36pm CEST by Ryan Scott Bardsley

I can't get even the basic code posted on the Google Mapping API to compile
in Flex 3. Has anyone gotten this to work?
Thanks for your help! I am excited to get started... just can't get started!
Thanks,
Ryan
bravenet google map api

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:15pm CEST by ultron2099

I can not seem to find any combination of web address which will allow
me to access google map api through my bravenet account. suddenly i'm
having complete failure on everything. even with a direct address copy/
paste and direct code transfer, it still kicks out a non asigned
error. anyone any clues here?
Moodle and Google Maps

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:12pm CEST by Juan Jose

Dear friends;

Is there a way to integrate google maps with a database inside moodle?

I would like to have people capture coordinates in a map and store
these coordinates in a moodle database to then display them on the map
along with some other info.

Is anyone working with Google Maps and Moodle?
addListener to every element of an array

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 5:48pm CEST by avastreg

Hi to all, i don't find any solution to this problem so I ask here,
forgive me :)

I have to add a different listener to every element of my array, how
can i do?

PolyShapes is an array. Every time i create an element, i add to it a
listener.

-- code --

polyShapes.push(myElement);

//last element
tile cutter

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 5:32pm CEST by Yuan

I google-ed "tile cutter google map api". I found quite many tools for
cutting maps.
the problem is I do not know much about Perl, javascript, but I am
familiar with vb.net.

is there any tile cutting tool was made in vb.net or any tools which
are very easy to use and
have simple examples?
Google Maps / JQuery

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 3:04pm CEST by xmb81x@googlemail.com

Hello,

i´m using JQuery. Overall no problem... just with Google Maps it does
not work at all.
While loading the code attached in the <head></head> area, all other
JQuery Code stop working and are reported as error.

Anybody who can fix this ? Thanks alot.

For example:
-----
$("#login-box") has no properties
Adding basic street view to my map

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 2:51pm CEST by mtz

I have an application I am developing to integrate property assessment
information, recently home sales and currently offered homes for sale,
along with search criteria. For a given town, homes matching the
criteria are marked, and clicking on a marker opens an info window
with more details. Pretty basic, but useful. I would like to add
Trouble passing a variable to a function

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 2:23pm CEST by David

I have an array which I build up with information from an XML file
used to create my markers. I have a problem with the line below:

tabs.push(new GInfoWindowTab(tabLabel,tabWid thSet + "<font
size='4'>&#160" + tabTitle + "</font><table cellpadding=4;><tr><td
width='144'><img border=0 img src='" + tabImage1 + "' width='144'
Google Maps in a table

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 2:21pm CEST by TJSLupton

I do not seem to be able to slot my map into a table. I have read
other posts on this discussion group and tried to set up a bodyonload
function but I think I have messed it all up! I have copied the
marker info etc from another map I set up outside of a table.

Can anyone help me?

The url is [link]
UK Postcode - How to let user know

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 1:51pm CEST by max

Hi

I know that the UK postcode search takes only the first part into
account but my question is how to let the user know that.

I've users from all around the world, so I don't want to write
something above the input field as it might confuse the other users.

Would it be possible to give something out once the user entered a UK
Update marker to a new LatLng in Flash

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 12:38pm CEST by hs

After playing around for a while I couldn't find a method to move an
existing marker to a new LatLng position. Did I miss something?
LatLng of my marker

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 11:32am CEST by Mitchell

Hey guys..

What I want is that my marker should register the position where it
currently is located.
I want it to be outputted in a DIV which has it's Lat & Lng.. Here's
my code:

counter = 0;
var myEventListener = GEvent.bind(map, "click", this,
function(marker,point) {
if (counter == 0) {
copyright

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 10:16am CEST by amaila

Hi every body,

is it possible to remove copyright in the map google map api? ie
"POWRED BY GOOGLE"...
Mike Williams' AJAX Philosophy Example

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 7:27am CEST by SyPhy

Hi All,

I am trying to figure out how I can get the example Mike employs on
this page: [link] to work with
checkboxes.

I currently have a working map that is reading seven different
categories of markers from a single XML file. Each category has its on
checkbox in a sidebar and can be toggled on and off at the user's
Google Map Loads one moment, next won't show images/maps, next works fine again - why ?

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 7:06am CEST by chough

Hi,

I am using Google Maps for a year or embedded in many different
websites. I noticed that sometimes it just won't get images from or
can't connect to the google-servers on several moments in the day
regardless of the internet connections I am using on various
locations.

Is this a sign of their servers being overloaded with requests ? Is it
Difference in detail between map hosted on google.com & own map using api

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:06am CEST by chkmate21

Hello Everyone,

After reading the API I decided to start developing using Google maps
API. I generated the key and go the getting started sample code. I
wanted to have the Columbia University, NY campus set as the focus on
my google map. So I got the required longitude and latitude
information, set the focus to 17 and increased the width of the DIV
Default point, openinfowindow

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 5:45am CEST by DigitalInfoEnterprises

Hey there!

I am working on creating a custom map for my church where we can plot
our members on the map. We're developing community groups, like small
groups that can get together so that our church members can find local
people to hang out with.

I've got it mostly working. I use mysql db to store the addresses and
Map overlay disappearing when GDownloadUrl() is used

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 5:41am CEST by Bran

Hi,
I have a map that draws a circle overlay using GPolygon. The circle
overlay displays just fine until I make a call to GDownloadUrl() to
retrieve lat/lon values from a DB, at which point the circle
disappears.
If I remove the GDownloadUrl() calls the circle overlay is always
visible and can be manipulated without any problems.
Show Different Marker Categories on Googlemap with AJAX

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:41am CEST by map dreamer

Dear Google Maps API Forums,
I am using googlemap with different marker categories, i want to show
marker when visitor click the spesific categoriy, but i don't want to
refresh entire browser, just the <div> where the googlemap embedded.
Please help me on using ajax to refresh googlemap on the <div> tag.
How to detect when Google Maps is down

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:39am CEST by MonkeyMike

Hello...

I realize that it is EXTREMELY unlikely that Google Maps would ever
go down. However, as a matter of practice, we would like for our site
to not be dependent on Google Maps.

In other words, we have a site that uses the Google Maps API
extensively and, with the current state of the code, there will be
Move marker, info window flash changes

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 4:32am CEST by vasiliss

Well, I have a flash in an info window, and I would like when i click
on it , to interact with my map and change the marker's position.
Until now I put a javascript function which doesnt properly work . For
example........ I want in info window to execute the function : frog
which refers to the parent frame page
How flash object in info window reacts with map

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 1:02am CEST by basil_basilak

hello everybody, i want to ask a question as i tried a million ways
and i am stuck, i have a google map in my web site, and i have created
a flash that opens when an info window of a google map open ( the
flash is shown in this info window ) , well i am trying to change
position in my map ( show another marker ) when i make an action in my
Default icon properties?

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 12:17am CEST by Cit

I used this:

var overIcon = new GIcon();
Icon.image = "path to your icon";
Icon.shadow = "path to your icon shadow";
Icon.iconSize = new GSize(12, 20);
Icon.shadowSize = new GSize(22, 20);
Icon.iconAnchor = new GPoint(6, 20);
Icon.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(6, 1);
Icon.infoShadowAnchor = new GPoint(13, 13);
Goggle Maps Logo Redirection

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 11:36pm CEST by nbsvbd

I am working with a client who wants to display an intersitial page
prior to being redirected to the Google Maps sites after the Terms of
Use link or the Google Maps icon is clicked. The client is not
requesting the removal of the link or of the icon. Has anyone done
this? Thanks for your comments.
Limiting the Map to just one country

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 10:20pm CEST by insanomania911

Greetings everyone,

I am very new to this. I am trying to limit my map to just one
country, say the US. I am not trying to save bandwidth or anything
just I need a simple way to limit my map to the US in a way that the
user looks at the map like there is only the US in the world.

Any ideas ?
Looking for a .NET programmer to create dynamic tiles

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 10:18pm CEST by maps.huge.info [Maps API Guru]

I've been asked to create a .NET application that creates dynamic
tiles for an application, USNaviguide is open source based, so .NET is
out of our sphere of interest. We are willing to sub this out to a
qualified contractor. Please contact me through e-mail if interested.

-John Coryat

[link]
Possible to merge overlays into single overlay?

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 10:15pm CEST by jottinger

I've searched around the web and can't seem to locate any ability to
do this, but I thought I'd give the groups a shot.

I have multiple overlays that I would like to merge into a single
overlay (strictly for ease of programming). Is there a way to do this
that is built into the API, or will I need to make my own class?
Slow loading when using EGeoXml

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 9:08pm CEST by Elizabeth

Hi

I have a problem embedding JavaScript function into kml file when
using Geoxml. As I learn from Mike Willians, I switch Geoxml to
EGeoXml to process kml file. With EGeoXml, JavaScipt function works
fine in the infoWindow. But the loading time for EGeoXml is very
slow.

This is my testing page for using GeoXml. It is fast, but infoWindow
UK Postcode Search / Ajax Search

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 9:06pm CEST by phooks

Hi,

I am trying to create an application adressed to our sales reps that
will create a route map using Google Maps. Now, since this app will
run in an Intranet, I am aware that we will have to apply for an
Enterprise key.

The idea is for our servers to send to google maps a few postcodes so
GTileLayerOverlay with tileSize != 256

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 8:25pm CEST by Dustin

Hi,

I want to use a GTileLayerOverlay which uses tiles of size other than
256x256 pixels (128x128 in this case).

The API documentation for GMapType.getTileSize() suggests that:
"All tile layers have the same tile size."

So I thought I could achieve my goal by:

(1) creating a base GMapType with tileSize=128 and a constant black
call a javascript function from a listener

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 6:06pm CEST by Manick

Hi,

Is it possible to call a simple javascript fiunction from inside a
listener, when i try to do that, it says object required.

example:

GEvent.addListener(poly, "click", function(overlaylatlng)
{GLog.write("You clicked a polygon at overlaylatlng ");

function1() //javascript function on the same page
Geocoder for flash version failed in non-english words search (Bug?)

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 6:01pm CEST by lanma

HI all:

I have tried the newest Google maps api for flash sdk. It's great! But
when I tried the geocoder sample, I got the "Geocoding fail" error
message when I input the "Chinese words" in the search box.
( geocoder.geocode(address.text) got the
GeocodingEvent.GEOCODING_FAILU RE event. ) The geocoder of the
GLatLng Behavior on Address List

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 4:57pm CEST by cbfernald

I am mapping the address of all the folks that will be attending my
daughter's wedding. I have a static array of addresses which I loop
through as follows:

for (j=0; j<=addresses.length-1; j++)
{
findAddress(addresses[j]);
}

The findAddress function is taken from the standard example.
Error 1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: MapEvent

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 4:40pm CEST by Ryan Scott Bardsley

I am trying to use the example you have posted in the API and can not
get it to compile in Flash OR Flex3 right now. I keep getting this
error:

1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: MapEvent

and if I comment out that function, I get even more errors:

1120: Access of undefined prpperty MapEvent
Translation error in Google Maps (Norwegian Nynorsk): "mi" -> "km"

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 4:31pm CEST by skjaeve

There's an error in the Norwegian Nynorsk (nn) translation of Google
Maps. If you set your browser to request pages in Norwegian Nynorsk
(lang code nn) and open a map page, the map scale will show "km" where
the English page shows "mi". So there are two length scales both
labeled "km", but one of them is actually miles.
Warning message shown when Google Map is displayed

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 4:22pm CEST by Naresh

I am trying to show a line on the Google Maps. The following warning
message is displayed when ever the page is displayed.

'Stop running this script? A script on this page is causing Internet
Explorer to run slowly.'

The line is displayed after sometime but whenever the zoom level of
the map is increased, the browser hangs up.
help me understand!

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 4:04pm CEST by Adrenaline

I want to:

-load one XML with GXmlHttp
-make a variable from the data
-use the variable with some other function

function loadLOCATIONS() {

var request = GXm [Http.create();]
request.open("GET", "locationTable.xml", false);
request.onreadystatechange = function() {

if (request.readyState == 4) {
Flash API on Firefox and Tile Example

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 3:30pm CEST by Alper

Hi,

I start digging on Flash API and there are some problems which are :

1) SWF is working in IE 7 but not working in Firefox 2
(surprisingly :) ) It gives error as :
"Initialization failed: please check the API key,
swf location, version and network availability."

2) I got some Tile Examples from "[link]
heard back from google on a submission

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 1:43pm CEST by Cedric

Hi All,

If any of you have submitted mapplets to the official Google
collection, do you have any feedback on what the timeframe was for
adding it to the collection? I submitted mine almost 2 weeks ago and
haven't heard back (In case anyone from Google is listening, the URL
to my mapplet is [link])
Tiles from shapefile with lines

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 11:52am CEST by Mike in Stroud

Hi,

Been using the Google Map Creator [link]
to convert shapefiles containing polygons into tiles to overlay onto
Google Maps.

It works great, and has been such a useful tool.

Problem is we've now got some shapefiles that only contain lines
png in Explorer 6 - problem

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 11:51am CEST by tinem

Has any of you succeeded in getting png-files to work in Explorer 6
and will share, please?

This site [link]
looks ugly in this browser.
transparency overlay

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 10:35am CEST by poulopo

Hello,

I'm trying to put images overlays (GIF or PNG) on my map.
How could I change my picture to a semi-transparency image, wich would
let me see the background map behind my picture overlay.
I use gimp as picture editor.

Thanks for your help
Wikipedia layer on Google Maps

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 10:31am CEST by Andy R

Very interesting:
[link]

Are there any plans to make this available for the maps api? Or as a
standalone webservice?
markers problem

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 10:26am CEST by eric

hi i am a student working on a google map api project. Being new to
this program i could not place my markers after trying out many help
solutions. Would somebody kindly help and see which part of the
program i went wrong in.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"[link]">
markers pushed up against left side of map

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 8:44am CEST by petecutter

I am surprised that I have not yet been able to find more on this
issue. I am displaying a lot of markers on a map and --although the
shadows are in place on the map--the markers are neatly lined up along
the left side of the page. Is this just a problem with too many
markers?

Example (slow loading)
GPolygon zoom problem

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 8:42am CEST by qermit

Hi!

i've noticed bad GPolygon behavior in IE, Firefox and Opera.

when map is not zoomed everything is ok
[link]

but when it's zoomed i get something like this.
[link]
Vertical GScaleControl

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 8:27am CEST by zumankii

Hi,
I'm in need of a vertical GScaleControl.

- Does the Google Maps API provide a vertical GScaleControl?
- If it does not, is there anyone that has implemented one and can
provide a snippet?
- If not, does anyone have any ideas of how to implement it?

Thanks // zumankii
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Problem posting multiple markers on static map

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 7:35am CEST by bmack

Hi -- I'm new to mapping, so any help would be appreciated. I'm
trying to make a static map of various soccer field locations in my
hometown, but I'm have a hell of a time following the examples and
getting a map to generate (let alone with multiple markers).

I've been kind of spinning my wheels for a couple of hours now, and so
ClientGeocoder - AS3 Problems

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 1:30am CEST by Ando

Hello,
I just found the AS API, woooo! Thank you Google! I am unable to
instantiate the geocoder. In my application there is some geocoding
where the map is not present. I am trying to use the geocoder but when
I execute the following line:

var geocoder : ClientGeocoder = new ClientGeocoder("ES");
Google Maps Flash API + scroll wheel + Mac

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 12:49am CEST by Linas Valiukas

Hello,

thank you again for the brand new feature!

However, after a quick look I've found out that scrolling in/out with
a mouse wheel on the map doesn't work just as it did in the JavaScript
version - at least on my Mac (Firefox or Camino). After some googling
(yeah), here's a "hack" that works:
Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Google Maps

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 10:33pm CEST by phooks

Hi everyone. First of all, apologies if I am posting in the wrong
place: I am a noob in these very forums, but also a noob in the
programming scene (I only started working as a trainee developer a few
days ago).

Ok, here we go: I have been asked by my company to analyse the
possibility of adding a section to our intranet that will show a map
Static Map: which zoom is automatically set?

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 9:57pm CEST by david.bovill@gmail.com

If I pass a set of markers to a static map API - the returned image is
nicely cropped and scaled to the set of markers supplied. However
AFAIK there is no way to then do geometry on this image as you dont
know the zoom level of centre of the returned image?
addMarkerByAddress

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 8:12pm CEST by mark

Hello,

We only have the addresses in our database, so i need to use
"addMarkerByAddress".
This works quite fine, but for one map i noticed it only shows 19 out
of 20 locations.
If I print the data that i use for the addMarkerByAddress just before
I use it it comes out fine:

Salzburg University of Applied Sciences has 14 programmes
Key problem

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 8:11pm CEST by SDNHM_John

I have a map that works perfectly at sdplantatlas.org
(sdplantatlas.org/gmap/gmapspe ciesmap.htm)

I need the map to also work for [link]

I got a new key for [link]. Then I set up a script to
read the window.location.host and set the key accordingly.

The new does not work in the www address. But it does work in the
GDirections, GStep, loadFromWaypoints

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 8:07pm CEST by leandromarrom

Hello

Friends need to do a route linking several points, with information on
latitude and longitude of a database, need to connect more than 25
points, (approximately 300 points each), someone might give me an
example of how to do this?
Sex video??

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 7:32pm CEST by shrek3

[link]
Google not indexing my content.

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 7:23pm CEST by tyke

I'm not sure if this is the right group, but I'll post anyway.

I've developed a load of KMZ's for content on cheap hotels and hostels
all around Europe.
These are fully compatable with KML standards.
The maps work perfectly in Maps and Google earth.
Example:
<a href=[link]
Info window is closed after zooming when using GMarkerManager

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 7:00pm CEST by Danny

Hi,

If I assign markers to a map using addOverlay and click on a marker to
pop its info window, after zooming (in or out) the info window remains
open.

If I assign markers to a map using a GMarkerManager (via addMarkers)
and I click on a marker to pop the its window, after zooming in or out
Selecting an area in map (polygon) and extract the coordinates of 4 edges.

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 6:29pm CEST by Shawn

Selecting an area in map (polygon) and extract the coordinates of 4
edges. I want to do this in Java.

Once I have the coordinates I can then do a query to the database for
all entities within the polygon. Assume database has the geo
information.

Appreciate any sample code.

Thanks
Train icons on Google Maps UK

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 6:27pm CEST by Tim

Hi group,

Google appears to be adding UK overland train stations to their London
maps. They have been appearing sporadically over the last few weeks,
but now they seem to be here to stay. My problem is that in the very
location where I'm using a Google Map on a client site, Google's train
station is in the wrong location!
Flooting markers

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 6:02pm CEST by jeff

Hi
im reading in locations from a xml file using the code found on
[link]
This code is only displaying one of the locations and it changes
location as you change the zoom. I was wondering if anyone has had
this problem and if you know how to fix it.
Problems with egeoxml

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 5:47pm CEST by Tido S.

Hello,

i have a problem with parsing a kml file with egeoxml...

[link]

the map is not centered.

if i move the following code to the end of the html file it works
fine.

<script type="text/javascript">
Terms & Conditions

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 4:58pm CEST by PapakiGr

I would like to know since when the "Terms & Conditions" regards not
to use Google Maps for any form of Fleet Management. It's since the
beginning of the Google Maps Api or it has been added later on.
Static map location options

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 4:49pm CEST by Mike F

Is there a way to specify a location other then the center lat/long
and zoom level for the static map? It looks like you can specify
markers to generate the image, but I do not have markers to put on the
map. I would like to specify corner points or just 2 points of the
bounding box for the image.
Error: 'images[...]' is null or not an object

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 4:36pm CEST by gregular

Google Maps main.js throws an error in Internet Explorer when my maps
page first loads. However, this error is only thrown when the map
loads in satellite view or hybrid view, the zoom level is greater than
10, and it is zoomed in on an area with no roads (such as some of the
islands in the Carribean, like the Cayman Islands).
Show country lines only

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 4:36pm CEST by langhammer

Hello,

is it possible on google-maps (web-version not the google earth
client) that no streets will be shown ?

Is it possible to show only all citys with more as 5million
inhabitans ?

Best regards
Steffen
Send data from local machine

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 4:20pm CEST by gdaniels

Hi. Newbie here. I'm looking for samples and direction on the
following project. I have a database (MS Access) of property
addresses with their geocodes. The database resides on the local
machine. When a search is done, I want to be able to have the results
sent and displayed on a Google map. Any suggestions on how to do
help with getBounds

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 4:02pm CEST by Ant

Hi all. I'm pretty new to Google maps and implementing them into an
HTML page.

I'm successfully got the map to work, and load up points/markers from
my .kml file.

However, then next step is puzzling me...

I want the map to be automatically zoomed or sized into the div with
all markers on the map. From reading many sites and documents I gather
PHP GoogleMapsAPI Class, displaying more content in the info window

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 3:49pm CEST by jwesonga

Hi,

I'm developing a mashup where the user clicks on a marker and within
the info window there will be list of the latest 5 stories that have
been submitted from that town/city. The content is coming from a MySQL
database.

I'm using the PHP GoogleMapsAPI Class from here
[link] to build my PHP+MySQL
To do updates of atributes

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 3:40pm CEST by Diego_mg

Hello, i have users, this users is a marker, that they have some
atributes, and users are inside the map, i have to do some updates of
the atributes, what is better for use, java Script whith jsp, or use
ajax to do these upadates?
Get the Address from Coordinates

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 2:48pm CEST by kunal

Hi All

I am new to this group and would like to ask that google
provides the geocoding facality in which we can have the coordinates
of a particular address, but i need to get the approximate address
that will point to a particular coordinates in the map, the latitude
and the longitudes are provided by me and in return i need the nearby
Geocode multiple results

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 1:31pm CEST by Marco

Hello again,

Im working with the geocode future. I dont get a response when there
are multiple results in google earth (the markers with a, b etc.). The
other places work just fine. Is there a function or something that can
read these multiple results? Or is the error just because the place
isnt listed?
my own image

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 12:56pm CEST by Yuan

hi there,

I want to use map API to control my own image. the image is
dynamically generated
by program according users' inputed parameters. it is very appreciated
you can give me advice or a simple example.

cheers

Yuan
How can I change size of markers when I change zoom level?

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 10:36am CEST by SiarheiK

Hello!

First af all I would like to say that I have seen the topic
[link]
but it seems that it is not working.. :(

So.. I have the following code:

function createMarker(...) {
Syntax Changes for v2.112

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 10:17am CEST by Blackpool Community Church

Note: API v2.112 is not yet live. It's possible that the code may be
changed before it goes live.

v2.112 uses a loading method which is not compatible with the existing
loader code. It's not just that it requires new _mF[] flags in order
to run, v112 doesn't support GLoadApi, which is the method currently
Why cannot see detail road names of China on map.google.com?

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 10:14am CEST by PK

Does anyone know why the contents of Google Map on this two websites
(map.google.com and ditu.google.com) are different?

For example, I tried to search keywork '成都' on both sites. I can see
detail road names of one of China's city on ditu.google.com, but
cannot see any detail on [link].
ASP.Net page Localization with Gmap2

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 9:39am CEST by Harish

We are using Gmap2 in our asp.net application. It is working fine for
default culture "en-Us". But when we are changing the page UI culture
and default culture through our C# code the map is loaded but map
image is not shown to us. The Gmap2 is not working properly for
culture other than "en-US".
Can I use Static Maps API on mobile?

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 9:29am CEST by Roger

Dears,
I am a business. I use "Static Maps API" to get image, then
deliver it to user's mobile phone, no charge. Is it valid process?
submit google map info to search engines

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 9:22am CEST by dodsonpaul2@googlemail.com

I'd appreciate some guidance here.

Is there an easy way to make the code content of my maps API visible
to search engines?

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Many thanks

Paul
AJAX.NET challenge

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 7:21am CEST by Schroeder

I've read them all, trust me -- all the articles on using various
Google Maps controls. They're fantastic.

It's not that I don't appreciate that the effort was put into making
these tools available. I'm just a little old school when it comes to
learning things the hard way as the best path to learning how things
Street View detection

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 7:16am CEST by mottey

Hi, I've noticed on Google Maps that the Street View button will hide/
show depending on if it's available in the map area... any ideas how
they are figuring this out??

I'm trying to integrate street views into my site and don't want it
showing unnecessarily...

Thanks!
how to handle 'address cannot be found' error

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 6:51am CEST by pedalpete

I'm kinda new with google maps and am using it with jquery and the
jmaps plugin.

i'm trying to figure out how to handle the 'address cannot be found'
error that gets returned from the geocoder.'this address cannot be
found, please modify your search'.

I'm hoping I can get something that can recognize this error so I can
Another Static Maps API Maplayer Request

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 6:44am CEST by Chris

Hi Maps API Team,

I've searched through the forum and can see where there have been
requests for adding terrain and satellite capabilities to static maps,
but I haven't seen any requests for the road component of the hybrid
map type. It would be quite handy to also have this readily available
Static Map with Traffic

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 6:08am CEST by JGAllen23

Is there any way to pull a static map with the traffic overlay?
Travel map doesn't display all points

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 5:18am CEST by Shane

My travel map is not displaying all the points I want it to. Can
someone please troubleshoot it for me. Thanks.

[link]
Men must be 25-year-old undergraduate, the President must find 20-year-old college Hunwai Lian, Yi Yeqing, who refused to join the chat with

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 4:08am CEST by Isaiah7

Men must be 25-year-old undergraduate, the President must find 20-year-
old college Hunwai Lian, Yi Yeqing, who refused to join the chat with
[link]
can google maps api do...

Posted: May 14th, 2008, 3:35am CEST by nickpiechowski

im trying to create a world map that displays multiple semi-opaque
layers that you can toggle on and off. for instance, one layer would
have all countries that are NATO members in a red overlay and then you
could toggle a layer that shows all eu countries....etc...
ive been reading into google maps api and i think it can do this, but

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