I have a website that contains a database of places, mostly stores and small businesses, and i want to add a google map for every business on the site. I have a name and coordinates for each business, but not all of them are listed on google maps. If i make a Google Maps Embed API map like this:
https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/place?key=APIKEY&q=Place name
I will get a marker on that place, but if that place is not found, is it possible to make it put a marker on the coordinates provided?
I know i can just use the coordinates without any name, but in case the place is listed on google maps, querying its name instead of coordinates will display details about the place
Yes you can still place a marker as long as you have the lat and long.
You can add your business to Google Map over here.
I have a table with a year's worth of wind data for a specific latitude longitude. I want to plot this as an arrow in Google Maps. Each data point has a timestamp, heading (true), and magnitude (knots), but it is just contained in a spreadsheet.
I was thinking the easiest way is to just create a new layer using geoJSON data, but I've never used geoJSON before.
How can I plot this in Google Map api v3? Thanks!
EDIT:
I did some research, and I think the best way is to just place a marker over the lat long point, and generate a ton of arrow images (probably in 5 degree and .5 knot increments, so I don't have a million images). Then just title each arrow based on its parameters (something like 01030.png, where 010 is the direction and 30 stands for 3.0 knots) and when the script calls for the marker image, just include those attributes when it calls for the image name.
I'll post the code when I make it, so other people can see.
I have implemented a basic google places autocomplete in my web app, for example saying "Heraclion, Crete" and it translates it to the latlng coordinates that I want. I also used the mysql radius example from the api to show nearest entries. I also have locations in a second area of Crete, called "Rethymnon".
The problem now is the following. Supposedly one types just Crete. How can I get all the entries from Heraclion and Rethymnon? My code uses the radius approach as mentioned before. So I need something else to define it in a rectangular area.
Is this possible?
If the result contains a viewport (LatLngBounds), you could use that.
PlaceResult
geometry: The Place's geometry-related information. This includes:
location provides the latitude and longitude of the Place.
viewport defines the preferred viewport on the map when viewing this Place
I would like to produce a url for Google Maps that goes to a specific latitude and longitude. Now, I generate a url such as this:
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=11&t=k&q=58 41.881N 152 31.324W
The resulting map comes up with a round "A" balloon pointer, which seems to point to the nearest named object, and a green arrow, which points to the lat-lon. Sometimes, as in this example, the "A" pointer is centered and is far enough away that you cannot see the pointer to the lat-lon. (Zoom out to see both pointers in this example. The "A" pointer is in the center of Alaska, while the lat-long pointer is on Kodiak Island.)
Are there some parameters I can use in the Google Maps URL that will produce a single pointer to a designated lat-lon? (This loads in a separate window. It is not embedded.)
This is current accepted way to link to a specific lat lon (rather than search for the nearest object).
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=12&t=m&q=loc:38.9419+-78.3020
z is the zoom level (1-20)
t is the map type ("m" map, "k" satellite, "h" hybrid, "p" terrain, "e" GoogleEarth)
q is the search query, if it is prefixed by loc: then google assumes it is a lat lon separated by a +
yeah I had the same question for a long time and I found the perfect one. here are some parameters from it.
https://maps.google.com?parameter = value
q=
is used to specify the search query in Google maps search.
eg :
https://maps.google.com?q=newyork or
https://maps.google.com?q=51.03841,-114.01679
near=
is used to specify the location alternative to q=. Also has the added effect of allowing you to increase the AddressDetails Accuracy value by being more precise. Mostly only useful if query is a business or suchlike.
z=
Zoom level. Can be set 19 normally, but in certain cases can go up to 23.
ll=
Latitude and longitude of the map centre point. Must be in that order.
Requires decimal format. Interestingly, you can use this without q, in
which case it doesn’t show a marker.
sll=
Similar to ll, only this sets the lat/long of the centre point for a business search. Requires the same input criteria as ll.
t=
Sets the kind of map shown. Can be set to:
m – normal map,
k – satellite,
h – hybrid,
p – terrain
saddr=
Sets the starting point for directions searches. You can also add text into this in brackets to bold it in the directions sidebar.
daddr=
Sets the end point for directions searches, and again will bold any text added in brackets.You can also add "+to:" which will set via points. These can be added multiple times.
via=
Allows you to insert via points in directions. Must be in CSV format. For example, via=1,5 addresses 1 and 5 will be via points without entries in the sidebar. The start point (which is set as 0), and 2, 3 and 4 will all show full addresses.
doflg=
Changes the units used to measure distance (will default to the standard unit in country of origin). Change to ptk for metric or ptm for imperial.
msa=
Does stuff with My Maps. Set to 0 show defined My Maps, b to turn the My Maps sidebar on, 1 to show the My Maps tab on its own, or 2 to go to the new My Map creator form.
dirflg=
can set miscellaneous values below:
h - Avoid highway
t - Avoid tolls
reference
http://moz.com/ugc/everything-you-never-wanted-to-know-about-google-maps-parameters
In May 2017 Google announced the Google Maps URLs API that allows to construct universal cross-platform links. Now you can open Google maps on web, Android or iOS using the same URL string in form:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1¶meters
There are several modes that you can use: search, directions, show map and show street view.
So you can use something like
https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=58.698017,-152.522067
to open map and place marker on some lat and lng.
For further details please refer to:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/urls/guide
This should help with the new Google Maps:
https://maps.google.com/maps/place/<name>/#<lat>,<long>,15z/data=<mode-value>
The place adds a marker.
name could be a search term like "realtors"/"lawyers".
lat and long are the coordinates in decimal format and in that order.
15z sets zoom level to 15 (must be between 1 ~ 20).
You can enforce a particular view mode (map is default) - earth or terrain by adding these:
Terrain: /data=!5m1!1e4
Earth: /data=!3m1!1e3
E.g.: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lawyer/#48.8187768,2.3792362,15z/data=!3m1!1e3
References:
https://moz.com/blog/new-google-maps-url-parameters
http://dddavemaps.blogspot.in/2015/07/google-maps-url-tricks.html
The following works as of April 2014. Delimiting each component of the URL with + and & for spaces and addition statements, respectively.
Full HTML:
<iframe src="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Scottish+Rite+Hamilton+ON&loc:43.25911+-79.879494&z=15&output=embed"></iframe>
Broken down:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=
where ?q= starts the general search, which I provide a venue, city, province info using + for spaces.
Scottish+Rite+Hamilton+ON
Next the geo-data. Lat and lng.
&loc:43.25911+-79.879494
Zoom level
&z=15
Required for iframes:
&output=embed
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=58%2041.881N%20152%2031.324W
Just use the coordinates as q-parameter. Strip the z and t prameters. While z should actually just be the zoom level, it seems that it won't work if you set any.
t is the map type. Having that said, it's not obvious how those parameters would affect the result in the shown way. But they do.
Maybe you should try the ll-parameter, but only decimal format will be accepted.
You can find a quick overview of all the parameters here.
If you need a name on your pin, you can also use:
http://maps.google.com/?q=MY%20LOCATION#lat,long
All the answers didn't work for me (the loc: and # options). So here is my solution for the new Google maps (April 2014)
Use the q= for query description, for example the street or the name of the place.
Use ll= for the lat, long coordinates.
You can add extra parameters like t=h (hybrid) and z=19 (zoom)
https://maps.google.com/?q=11+wall+street+new+york&ll=40.7060471,-74.0088901
https://maps.google.com/?q=new+york+stock+exchange&ll=40.7060471,-74.0088901
https://maps.google.com/?q=new+york+stock+exchange&ll=40.7060471,-74.0088901&t=h&z=19
There have been a number of changes, some incompatible, since I asked this question 5 years ago. Currently, the following works properly:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/58°41.881N 152°31.324W/#58.698017,-152.522067,12z/
The first latitude/longitude will be used for the pin location and label. It can be in degrees-minutes-seconds, degrees-minutes, or degrees. The second latitude/longitude (following the "#") is the map center. It must be in degrees only in order for the zoom (12z) to be recognized.
For terrain view, you can append "data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0!5m1!1e4". I can find no documentation on this, though, so the spec could change.
New Version queries have a different format
To reach a lat long by url use (e.g.)
https://www.google.com/maps/search/-15.924,-5.719
works fine
https://maps.google.de/maps?q=51.404989,13.091751&z=17&t=k
This doesn't have to be much more complicated than passing in a value for the 'q' parameter. Google is a search engine after all and can handle the same stuff it handles when users type queries into its text boxes
"maps.google.com?/q=32.5234,-78.23432"
This works to zoom into an area more then drop a pin:
https://www.google.com/maps/#30.2,17.9820525,9z
And the params are:
#lat,lng,zoom
If you only have degrees minutes seconds you can pass them on the url :
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=latDegrees latMinutes latSeconds longDegrees longMinutes longSeconds
substitute in %20 for the spaces
"ll" worked best for me, see:
http://mapki.com/wiki/Google_Map_Parameters (query reference)
it shall not be too hard to convert minutes, seconds to decimal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_degrees
for a marker, possibly the best would be ?q=Description#lat,long
I want to show limited numbers of markers(let's take 50 or so...) at all zoom level and in a manner that markers covers all entire Google map display.
So, If I am viewing whole world in map, it will show markers all over the world not to exceed a certain number, and the if I zoomed to USA it will only show previous number of markers only inside USA.
And then again if I moved to Canada , then the map should show markers of Canada only.
I am not able to
- put makers on visible region over the map on limited distances
i.e. all the visible markers maintaining somewhat some distance from each other.
You might want to look into 'clustering' or 'bunching' the points into one. It doesn't do exactly what you are describing, but it will effectively limit the number of markers you have when you are zoomed out, and 'uncluster' them once you zoom in.
There are quite a few ways (all third party - the Google API doesn't support it yet), you could have a look here at one called ClusterMarker: http://googlemapsapi.martinpearman.co.uk/articles.php?cat_id=1.
You should use a marker manager!
See http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-utility-library-dev/ and http://gmaps-utility-library.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/markermanager/