I am just lost. I really am not grasping any of this yet. The examples he linked to are sooo close to what I need. The examples show origin and destination as pre-sets from drop-down fields. I need a text input for origin, and users don't need option for destination, as I would like to have that pre-set.
On Jan 30, 2011, at 5:30 PM, [email protected] wrote: > 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: >> >> >> >>> I believe that will help you >> >>> http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/exa... >> >>> Paulo Fernandes >>> http://www.google.com/profiles/paulofernandesjr >>> http://twitter.com/paulofernandesj >>> +55 11 9797-5974 >> >>> 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! >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.- Hide quoted >>> text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
