hi.

how can I specify a startup location in google maps feature in forms of latitude and longitude (or geotag) or anything?

I just need a sample, or how to.

google maps is not good enough for iran locations, it's hard to find locations just by names.

(i tried searching to find samples for using latitude and longitude with showgmap javascript function. but couldn't find anything.

what version of api current feature is based on? currently google maps javascript api v3 is available. is it based on this version? I guess this version doesn't require an api key...)

hi Joe.

I've done a very quick fix to clientscripts/google/mojogmaputils3.js

I changed showgmap to this:

function showGMap(divMap, address, enableMapType, enableZoom, showInfoWindow, enableLocalSearch, mapType, zoomLevel)
/* Note: Local Search is deprecated. Not removed yet, although the enableLocalSearch flag will have no effect here */
{

if (address.match(/^\d\d\.\d+,\d\d\.\d+$/))
{
var commaindex = address.indexOf(',', 0)
latitude = address.substring(0,commaindex)
longitude = address.substring(commaindex + 1,address.length+1)
var ll = new google.maps.LatLng(latitude, longitude);
var mapOpts = {zoomControl: enableZoom,
zoom: zoomLevel,
center: ll,
mapTypeControl: enableMapType,
mapTypeId: mapTypeTrans(mapType)};
var map = new google.maps.Map(divMap, mapOpts);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({map: map, position: ll, title:address});
if (showInfoWindow) {
var infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({content: address, position:ll});
infoWindow.open(map,marker);
}
}
else
{
if (geocoder == null)
{
initializemojomaputils();
}

if (geocoder)
{
geocoder.geocode({'address': address}, function(result,status) {
if (status==google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
var ll = new google.maps.LatLng();
var mapOpts = {zoomControl: enableZoom,
zoom: zoomLevel,
center: result[0].geometry.location,
mapTypeControl: enableMapType,
mapTypeId: mapTypeTrans(mapType)};
var map = new google.maps.Map(divMap, mapOpts);
//map.setMapTypeId(mapTypeTrans(mapType));
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({map: map, position: result[0].geometry.location, title:address});
if (showInfoWindow) {
var infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({content: address, position:result[0].geometry.location});
infoWindow.open(map,marker);
}
} else {
divMap.innerHTML = 'location not found';
}
});
} else {
divMap.innerHTML = 'service not available';
}
}
}       

it works for me.

but I'm not a professional javascript coder. don't know how compatible this is in different browsers. but I tried to do my best.

if you think it's good enough (for a while), please commit it.

thanks.

no Joe, it won't break that.

I've used a regular expression which is:

/^\d\d\.\d+,\d\d\.\d+$/

two digits, a dot, some digits, then two digits, a dot and again some digits.

so it's completely impossible.

(oh, I just remembered that I need to include '-' too, lat and long can be negative)

beside that, the current implementation still works with latitude and longitude separated by a comma, but it will fall to the nearest known location on map.

my problem with current implementation was that I was trying to show places in jungles and mountains, and it was showing the nearest roads.

and of course providing latitude and longitude in separate fields is the correct solution.