I've never used Google Maps for web sites.
I would like to know if it's possible to use it without having coordinates in my database? I only have the name of a city.
I want to get city names from json response, and show all events locations on google map.
Thanks!
yes. and there are lots of examples here at SO and on Google.
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I have a growing index of company names, city and state (Sometimes zip/neighborhood, but specifically never address) that I need to get the lat long pair / address for so I can show them on a map.
Anyone have a suggestion the best api to do this with? (its going to be done ~100k times)
you can easily do it by using the google's location Library.
The complete documentation and tutorial video is at
Google Maps Javascript API at https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/places-autocomplete
I am curious to know if Google added the names of buildings on Google Map by default. I notice that not all the buildings are named. Does anyone know the criteria for this? Is there a way to add the names ourselves?
Thanks!
BK
Yes, it is possible to add new places...Please refer to the google map support (there's even a video)
http://support.google.com/maps/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=144367
You can list yourself by listing yourself in Google Places. Then you get a pin number sent to your address and your building is named.
I'm sorry, I'm extremely new to google map, thus I need some help here.
I want to store and retrieve locations that I've input and display in the google map.
Any startup for me to get me going? Thanks.
Try Google Earth, it will save locations in kml, and and you can feed data to it from an external source. You can also place marks in Google maps if you are signed in. Other wise you didn't give enough information
Using the public google maps site, how can I show multiple locations on a map. I want to do this using the query string. For example, I might want to show Portland, OR and Seattle, WA.
http://maps.google.com/?q=Portland,%20OR%20AND%20Seattle,%20WA
I don't think it's possible on the Google Maps site, so you probably have to use the API and build a web page with two maps on it, each showing the location depending on the query. You might also want to look at the Geocoding API if you are going with that.
All the methods and examples I can find about the Google maps api is based on a postcode, or coordinates to get the desired location - what if I want to place a marker for a specific business which has been added to google maps, so it shows tel number etc like an embeded map would? Even if I use exact coordinates for the address it doesn't recognise it. Sure I'm missing something really simple here...
Thanks!
The Google Places API, this does what your looking for. I couldn't tell you how to implement as of now because i am trying to put it inside of my Rails application but i will update my answer in the future when i do get it working though.