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Can I know if a location on Google Maps isn't found when using this lazy method?

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What about using maps.google.com.au? Note that the parameters might be a bit different.

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Melbourne

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Something-Garbage-That-Does-Not-Exist

You could also use the Maps API, as you suggested. Something like that would be very easy to do:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> 
<head> 
   <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> 
   <title>Google Maps Geocoding Default Location</title> 
   <script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false" 
           type="text/javascript"></script> 
</head> 
<body> 
   <div id="map" style="width: 400px; height: 300px;"></div> 

   <script type="text/javascript"> 

   var address = 'Melbourne, Australia';

   var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), { 
       mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN,
       center: new google.maps.LatLng(-25.50, 135.00),
       zoom: 3
   });

   var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();

   geocoder.geocode({
      'address': address
   }, 
   function(results, status) {
      if(status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
         new google.maps.Marker({
            position: results[0].geometry.location,
            map: map
         });
         map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
      }
   });

   </script> 
</body> 
</html>

Screenshot:

Google Maps Geocoding Default Location

And another screenshot if you were to use address = 'Something Garbage That Does Not Exist':

Google Maps Geocoding Default Location

Daniel Vassallo 2010-09-16 02:10:37

Thanks, that worked! :)

alex 2010-09-16 02:12:39

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