I am attempting to use Google Maps API V3 as part of our system rebuild and want the maps to look and feel like standard Google maps. I have no issue with displaying the map but want to utilise the standard Google Maps Omnibox.
I can find all the individual controls but cannot find the complete Omnibox. Given the individual controls interact with each other I was hoping to simply use the standard Google Maps Omnibox to make the page look like standard a Google map.
Is this available or do I need to create one myself using the individual controls?
I don't think they provide the omnibox. But still, I think the closest thing you get is this: the places search box in the places library.
it is basically nothing but an <input type="text">, which take advantages of the places autocomplete api.
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How can I get a map that simply shows how to get from A to B with a car on my WordPress page?
I used to do this in Google maps directly, I made a map showing the road from A to B and embed it on the page. It used to be so easy. And under the map I had a link to the same map in Google Maps where you also could get written directions. But like a month ago, Google changed their maps and all my maps got messed up. The links as well. Now I am trying to fix this and make new maps.
I have tried in Google maps directly like i used to do, and this is the closest I get to what I am looking for: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/embed/start. But I find that very hard to customize, because there are very few options. I have also tried a lot of different plugins, but so far no luck.
Is there a better way to do this?
If you want to customize the map, I can only strongly recommend you the Google Maps API. Here is a good example of how to integrate the directions service into a map and display it on your web page.
I am wondering if there is the option of hiding some information that google shows you by default, as subway stations, or public spaces names. I've been searching the web but few comments I have found. I don't want to display some transports info.
Does google maps api 3 allows you to do that?
Yes, Google Maps API V3 does allow you to remove or change information using Styled Maps:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/styling
I am trying to embed an existing, public Google Map into a website. Specifically this one:
http://goo.gl/maps/cHf2
Of course I could use the iframe embed to achieve this, but I would like a little more control over the map … I imagined being able to pull all the markers from the map and display them as an index next to the map. Kind of like Google already does, but embedded in my page with my own styles and images.
I have been digging through Google, Stack Overflow and the API instructions and couldn’t find any relevant posts. In the GET string of the map on Google we can see this chunk:
&msid=212828439842926497866.0004bfae4da003d8ffd1f&mid=1341413217
I thought in there might be a maps ID and I could use it to query the content of the map through the API? The intention is using Google Maps as a CMS for less technical minded people and not dealing with geo data in our own CMS.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I am just missing the forest for the trees.
You can download the kml that specifies the markers in that page and display that on your API based map. This example defaults to displaying it using geoxml3, but you can hide that and display the KmlLayer version.
You should be able to just point KmlLayer to the link (I downloaded the kml and put it on my server so it would work with geoxml3).
Here is an example (taken directly from the documentation) that does that
here is the original
I want to display a set of link on Google maps as a cloud. I'm not sure how to go about it. I first tried using ELabels and even the google Maps API MapLabelto display labels on the map but they cant be links.How do I create a tag cloud and display it on google maps?
use linkliberito, i think it has what you totally needed. :)
I am using the google maps api v2 to build attraction guide mashup. Currently it shows some landmarks on the tiles it returns. I notice some of the geocoding of certain attractions is off.
Is there a way I can tell google to send back map tiles with no land marks? I cant seem to find any info on the api docs about it.
As of Google Maps API v3, you can use the Google Maps API Styled Map Wizard to do exactly this.
There is no way to request custom tiles from Google. Your only option is to choose from the available map types, or to generate your own tiles.
The Terrain map (G_PHYSICAL_MAP) might be more acceptable for you.