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Geocode location in PHP (Google Maps API)
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<?php | |
session_start(); | |
define("MAPS_HOST", "maps.google.com"); | |
define("KEY", "YOURGOOGLEMAPSAPIKEY"); //Personal Google Maps API key | |
//Get address from which we will geocode the coordinates | |
$address=$_GET['address']; | |
if( $address!=NULL) | |
{ | |
// Initialize delay in geocode speed | |
$delay = 0; | |
$base_url = "http://" . MAPS_HOST . "/maps/geo?output=xml" . "&key=" . KEY; | |
$request_url = $base_url . "&q=" . urlencode($address); | |
$xml = simplexml_load_file($request_url) or die("URL not loading"); | |
$status = $xml->Response->Status->code; | |
if (strcmp($status, "200") == 0) | |
{ | |
// Successful geocode | |
$geocode_pending = false; | |
$coordinates = $xml->Response->Placemark->Point->coordinates; | |
$coordinatesSplit = explode(",", $coordinates); | |
// Format: Longitude, Latitude, Altitude | |
$lat = $coordinatesSplit[1]; | |
$lng = $coordinatesSplit[0]; | |
/*****************************************************************************************************/ | |
//Showing the image | |
$mapimage="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=".$lat.",".$lng."&zoom=15&size=350x300&markers=color:blue|".$lat.",".$lng."&sensor=false"; | |
print("<img src=$mapimage border='0'>"); | |
} | |
else if (strcmp($status, "620") == 0) | |
{ | |
// sent geocodes too fast | |
$delay += 100000; | |
} | |
else { | |
// failure to geocode | |
$geocode_pending = false; | |
echo "Address " . $address . " failed to be Geocoded.<br>Received status " . $status . "<br><br>Please check your address"; | |
} | |
usleep($delay); | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
print("<img src='images/location.png'><br>No address provided"); | |
} | |
?> |
This is severely outdated
The correct url is now
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=1600+Amphitheatre+Parkway,+Mountain+View,+CA&key=YOUR_API_KEY
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https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/overlays#Markers