google-maps

Where can I find a RESTful list of bars and restaurants close to a user?

I want to create a mobile application that finds restaurants, bars, and other interesting places close to a user. However, I don't know how to find a list of all these restaurants and other places, without doing this myself. Is there some sort of service that offers a RESTful way to get this data? Does Google Maps to do something like t...

Is possible to add waypoints to Google Maps API without using JSON?

I'm on ASP.NET MVC and I'm using Google Maps API with Javascript. I send a Model to the View with one or more waypoints to add to the route. function calcRoute() { initialize(); var start = "<%= Model.StartAddress %>"; var end = "<%= Model.ClientAddress %>"; var waypts = []; waypts.push...

Driving directions with traffic

Hi all, How do I receive driving time between two locations with traffic. This information is displayed on iPhone maps application, when 'Show Traffic' option is selected. Appreciate your help. ...

downloading Google Maps at street level

I want to download ALL of google maps(not satellite images just the map) at street level as lets say JPG images labelled as maybe the starting co-ords. need ideas for how to do this? what would be the best language/platform to implement this in? approximately how much space will I need to store it? ...

Mobile, GPS, .NET, Google Maps

I want to know if it is technically possible to capture the position of a mobile phone with GPS from an application in the mobile phone. And send this position to a web service to represent the location from a web page. Does the phone have to have a special feature or a brand / model specific? Can you write the trace information in a fi...

Google Maps API - V2 key x V3 no key

Ok, Google Maps API V2 needs a key and V3 doesn't. My question is exactly why is that? What was the key for? And why did they take it away in V3? ...

Can ScrollWheel be disabled in a custom street view?

I am building a site and I have a page which takes an address and uses it to generate a 2D roadmap style google-map and then next to it, the street view for that address. My problem is that these two maps span almost the entire width of the site and the user is likely to have their mouse go over it when scrolling down the page and get ...

How to draw a circle and search within the circle on a Google Maps API?

On my web page I have already a Google Maps API with a search bar (see code below) and at first the user pinpoints an address. Then the User is be able to search businesses around this point with a search bar. Before search is complete I'd like to draw a circle around this address for instance with a distance of 15 km. The search should ...

which is the best javascript lib for google maps and iphone ..

i want to develop a map site on iphone use google maps v3 thanks updated i find one :PastryKit which i think better than iui and jqtouch , but i can't find its doc , so did you know the PastryKit's doc ? ...

Reverse geocoding on marker click

I have an embedded Google map with my web application in ASP.NET 3.5. I have implemented reverse geocoding (getting address from latitude and longitude) on Map click. Now, I need the same but on marker click. How should I code marker click? ...

Is it possible to retrieve a list of all addresses within a certain region in Google Maps API?

Say I want to retrieve a list of all addresses of Rome. How do I achieve this programmatically in Google Maps API, or any other web service? I don't want the actual location of the addresses, just a list of the names of the addresses. ...

Resource usage in Google's MapActivity for Android.

Does anyone happen to know if Google's MapActivity will eat up extra resources if an Activity does not use Google's MapView? The reason I ask it because I'd like to have a base activity class (which would extend MapActivity) for my activities in my application, but I don't want my resources to be eaten up when the user is in an activity...

Adding pin points to google map with static list of street addresses

I have a spreadsheet full of street addresses and I want to add them as pin points on a google map. Can anybody tell me if they must be converted to a geo-code to work with the google maps API? And if so, is there a tool that will output a list of addresses in a way where I can just plug it into some javascript and have it good to go? ...

setInterval / clearInterval Issue inside it's scope

I have the following code, and it works fine until i hit the the #play button. I'm assuming it's because the var intID is set in another place and it's not in the same scope when i window.clearInterval() it... how do I fix this? BTW, this is the Google Maps API Version 3 function intervalTrigger(){ return window.setInterval(fu...

Full Screen Google Map

How can I use Google Maps API to show me a full screen map with no sidebars or search bar? I just need it to show a specific location in a mobile app, users don't need to search. Is this possible? Also if I provide a street address how can it put a push-pin at the location? ...

Invalid keystore with Google Maps API

I want to use the Google Maps API in my Project. I signed up and got the API key also. When I run my application now I'm getting an error "Error generating final archive: Invalid keystore" I m really fed up. It is very difficult to use Maps in an application. Do you know what the problem is in this case? ...

Keep a Google Maps v3 Map Hidden, show when needed

Hi, Is there a way of preventing Google Maps (JS, v3) of being displayed from the get-go ? I do some pre-processing and would like to show my 'Loading' spinner until everything is good to go (more eloquently put, hide the map -- e.g. the container div -- until all preprocessing is complete -- at which point, show the map). Hooking to ...

Google Map - English Vs Japanese characters

I recently came across a site http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html. This helps us to find the latitude/longitude of a place based on the address. If we enter an address of a place in English, it shows some latitude/longitude values. If we enter the same address in Japanese/Chinese letters, it shows some other values. What is the reason? Is ...

html- / styling of- tooltips in google maps api v3

I'm trying to work out how Google adds images and styling to their tooltips that appear over markers in google maps. An example of the desired behaviour can be seen here: http://maps.google.es/maps?oe=utf-8&amp;q=hotels+in+sydney If you mouseover one of the hotel markers, you will see different styles (bold text, normal text), paragra...

javascript draw rectangle on google mashups

Hi, I wanted to draw a rectangle as follows: http://www.codingforums.com/archive/index.php/t-86247.html but only once every time. For example, if I draw rectangle second time I am drawing a new one the previous immediately should disappear. on google mashups http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/v2/examples/map-s...