I am using the following code to display google maps on my website with autocomplete functionality.
I would like to be able to reverse geocode using the longitude and latitude and echo the address on my page.
How is this implemented am I on the right path?
<script type="text/javascript">
function initialize() {
var mapOptions = {
center: new google.maps.LatLng(-33.8688, 151.2195),
zoom: 17,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map_canvas'),
mapOptions);
var input = document.getElementById('searchTextField');
var autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input);
autocomplete.bindTo('bounds', map);
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
draggable: true
});
google.maps.event.addListener(autocomplete, 'place_changed', function() {
infowindow.close();
var place = autocomplete.getPlace();
if (place.geometry.viewport) {
map.fitBounds(place.geometry.viewport);
} else {
map.setCenter(place.geometry.location);
map.setZoom(17); // Why 17? Because it looks good.
}
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, "dragend", function (event) {
var point = marker.getPosition();
map.panTo(point);
document.getElementById("latitude").value = point.lat();
document.getElementById("longitude").value = point.lng();
});
var image = new google.maps.MarkerImage(
place.icon,
new google.maps.Size(71, 71),
new google.maps.Point(0, 0),
new google.maps.Point(17, 34),
new google.maps.Size(35, 35));
marker.setIcon(image);
marker.setPosition(place.geometry.location);
var address = '';
if (place.address_components) {
address = [(place.address_components[0] &&
place.address_components[0].short_name || ''),
(place.address_components[1] &&
place.address_components[1].short_name || ''),
(place.address_components[2] &&
place.address_components[2].short_name || '')
].join(' ');
}
infowindow.setContent('<div><strong>' + place.name + '</strong><br>' + address);
infowindow.open(map, marker);
});
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>