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Parsing JSON to add details to multiple window boxes in a map
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
<style type="text/css">
html { height: 100% }
body { height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0 }
#map_canvas { height: 100% }
</style>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false">
</script>
<!--Creating a new map-->
<script type="text/javascript">
function initialize() {
var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(37.768002,-78.205704);
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 4,
center: myLatlng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), mapOptions);
var infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
for (var i = 0, length = json.length; i < length; i++) {
var data = json[i],
latLng = new google.maps.LatLng(data.lat, data.lng);
// Creating a marker and putting it on the map
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: latLng,
map: map,
title: data.title
});
}
// Attaching a click event to the current marker
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, "click", function(e) {
infoWindow.setContent(data.description);
infoWindow.open(map, marker);
});
// Creating a closure to retain the correct data
//Note how I pass the current data in the loop into the closure (marker, data)
(function(marker, data) {
// Attaching a click event to the current marker
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, "click", function(e) {
infoWindow.setContent(data.description);
infoWindow.open(map, marker);
});
})(marker, data);
</script>
</head>
<body onload="initialize()">
<div id="map_canvas" style="width:100%; height:100%"></div>
</body>
</html>
@mrchaos10
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but where is the var json??

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