I'm fairly new to working with Google Maps API. When embedding a map you get the place and a white box in the top right hand corner with a little information on the place. However I want to use the JavaScript API and want to know is there anyway to replicate this with the JavaScript API and not the iframe embed.
Thanks.
Basically to display the information you would need to use the infoWindow, yes. You can attach an infoWindow to either a marker or directly to map co-ordinates. In depth documentation about infoWindow and detailed references can be found here.
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I have a Google Map that I have embedded on my web site. I have managed to size and position the iFrame so that it sits where I want it to sit on my web page. I am using the new Google Maps version.
However, I want to be able to shift the centre of the map to the right, because as it standsnow, the box that displays the map layers is covering some of the locations I have marked.
I am not at this point using any Javascript or jQuery. I have simply taken the iFrame link provided by Google's embed feature and placed it in my HTML. I see there are other questions about map centering, but I can't parse them for my situation because they assume some Javascript implementation. Also, I'm hoping that I do not have to take on a whole API or Javascript library to solve this. Further, it is unclear to me if the other questions relate to the new Google Maps version, which is what I'm using.
Is there a way I can alter the centre of the embedded Google Map?
Just add a "center" parameter to your iframe url. Like so - center="40.714728,-73.998672". You can get the required coordinates by searching in google maps and picking them from the address.
You could alternatively also use a query parameter but center is more accurate.
refer - https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/static-maps/intro#location
When I am adding a Google Map marker using this tutorial, I am able to add my own content into the body of the marker. Instead of adding my own content, I want to use the content that Google has stored about my business. I am wondering how would I be able to do this?
As far as I know, there is no way to have Google populate the marker for you. On my site I use the Google Places API to display info on the tooltip when a marker is clicked.
You can query the places API to using the Google reference number. Here's a direct link to the Google PlaceDetailsRequest section. Scroll down and you will see the PlaceResult object which gives you all the data Google has about that particular place.
If you just want to display the information for your business, you are better off statically putting the content into the marker. Otherwise, if the data needs to be dynamic you need to pull it from somewhere yourself and Google Places is good if you don't have your own data.
I've been wondering about this for some time:
Is it possible to let a custom marker for a place on a google map display an infowindow with the same information that the infowindows on maps.google.com display when clicking on a place, without having to generate the HTML for the content yourself (using the places library)? I hope you know what I mean. Please let me know if I'm being unclear.
It would be great if one could pull the information straight from google instead of having to do it manually. I mean, why do something that's already there, right? ;)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
edit: I've tried rephrasing my question to make it clearer. I've removed the example code because it was just adding to the confusion. Sorry, English isn't my first language ...
There is currently no API call from Google that will provide the default InfoWindow content for a Lat/Long location.
The only thing google currently provides is some Reverse Geocoding Infomation.
I want to make Custom Map based on Google maps APIs I am using this code to get the Bitmap image
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?zoom=18&maptype=hybrid&size=560x480&markers=loc:26.177001,32.736675&sensor=false
Now I want to scroll the map, How can I do that. in other words I want algorithm to link between coordinates and gotten image size and map zoom
Thanks a lot
You are using Static google maps api. That's mean you will get just a print of the map as an image. This is really useful when you want to show just a place in the map without download the javascript lib.
If you want use the map zoom, scrool and other things you have to use the javascript google maps api
I want to add traffic information to my custom map. Currently I'm using a Tile Layer Overlay on my Google Map to display custom map tiles. When I try to add GTrafficOverlay to my map, my custom map tiles display above the traffic information. Is there any way to display the traffic above my GTileLayerOverlay?
(Using the JavaScript api)
You should be able to do this in V3. Take a look at this sample: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/v3/overlays.html#ImageMapTypes
I tried this out and wasn't able to find a solution to the problem. There is nothing in the GTrafficOverlayOptions and I couldn't find anything in the references about the z-order of this stuff. I have suspect that this isn't possible.
Would love to see an alternative answer showing that I am wrong.