The Maps API is a JavaScript API that runs in the browser. Browsers do not
run Lua, so no, you can't use the Maps API with Lua. How would you run the
Lua code?

Reading between the lines, is this your real question: "I'm running Lua on
my server. Can I use the Maps API?"

If that's the question, then yes, of course you can use *any* language that
your server supports. The code on the server does not use the Maps API.
Server code generates HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that is downloaded to the
browser and run there. From the server's point of view, Maps API JavaScript
is no different from any other JavaScript that the server generates (or
serves from a static file) and downloads to the browser.

If this seems like a subtle or nitpicky distinction, trust me, it's actually
one of the most fundamental and important concepts in web development. For
example, if you develop your server code in Lua and encounter an error *in
your server code*, then you know it is not a Maps API issue, because the
Maps API does not come into play until the JavaScript code is run in the
browser.

-Mike

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:28 AM, NewUser99 <justin.ou...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to use Google Maps API with lua?
> Any help would be grateful.
>

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