[pmwiki-users] GoogleMap question

[Chris Cox]

Ben Wilson wrote:
> On 6/20/06, David Spitzley <dspitzle at wash.k12.mi.us> wrote:
>>I'm trying to figure out how to make use of the GoogleMap recipe.  It sounds cool, but I'm unclear on whether latitude/longitude values are required, or whether you can use the street address to set the points on the map.  Can somebody give me some hints?
> 
> As the author of the recipe, I'll take a stab.
> 
> The short answer is you should use lat/lon values, in decimal format
> (e.g. convert 36d 24' 36" to 36.3355 or what have you).
> 
> I've added the ability to show location by U.S. ZIP Code, but this is
> a fairly inspecific method as it (should) position itself at the
> center of the ZIP Code region, as provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
> 
> I believe being able to use your street address to point to the house
> would require access to quite a hearty amount of data.[1] However, if
> you look in the Google Map API file, it should point you to a URL that
> allows you to type in your address and return the lat/lon value.[2] I
> hope I've helped.[3]
> 

I use something like this... (using the includeSite recipe)
You can use just the address in the q= or you can do a hybrid
after you have the ll codes... like

(:includeSite http://maps.google.com/maps?q=6031+Connection+Dr+Irving,+TX+75039-2607&ie=UTF8&ll=32.894309,-96.966619&spn=0.013603,0.022016&t=h&om=1 width=100%:)