On Jan 30, 2:11 pm, Phil Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> I saw this, but I only see examples with directions for pre-set origins. I 
> need my users to be able to type in their
> starting address as a string. Any ideas?

Add a text input element.  Use that as the starting address.

Mike Williams has some examples for v2 that may help you (that
wouldn't really be an API question, more a DHTML/Javascript question):
http://econym.org.uk/gmap/directions.htm
(may be a little more complicated than you need)

A little hunting around in the documentation yields this:
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/directions-simple.html
which uses a select box (change it to an empty text input element).

But I see that example in the list Paulo posted.  Is that where you
are running into trouble?

  -- Larry


>
> Thanks,
> Phil
>
> On Jan 30, 2011, at 5:01 PM, Paulo Fernandes wrote:
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> > I believe that will help you
>
> >http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/exa...
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> > Paulo Fernandes
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> > +55 11 9797-5974
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> > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:54 PM, itsPhil <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi all, I'm totally new to using any type of API. I'm a self-taught web 
> > designer (stressing designer over developer).
>
> > I'm working on a site and am attempting to use the maps API to give 
> > directions.
>
> > All I need is a text field where users can type their starting origin. The 
> > directions are to a bar mitzvah, so the destination will be pre-set.
>
> > Problem is I have no idea how to do this. I have at least gotten as far as 
> > making the page, adding the scripts, and calling the map using some demo 
> > code I found.
>
> > The map is here:http://www.skyz100.com/directions.html.
>
> > Thanks in advance to anyone willing and able to help me out!
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