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var
latlngStr
=
input
.
split
(
','
,
2
);
var
lat
=
parseFloat
(
latlngStr
[
0
]);
var
lng
=
parseFloat
(
latlngStr
[
1
]);
var
latlng
=
new
google
.
maps
.
LatLng
(
lat
,
lng
);
geocoder
.
geocode
({
'latLng'
:
latlng
},
function
(
results
,
status
)
{
if
(
status
==
google
.
maps
.
GeocoderStatus
.
OK
)
{
if
(
results
[
1
])
{
map
.
setZoom
(
11
);
marker
=
new
google
.
maps
.
Marker
({
position
:
latlng
,
map
:
map
});
infowindow
.
setContent
(
results
[
1
].
formatted_address
);
infowindow
.
open
(
map
,
marker
);
}
else
{
alert
(
'No results found'
);
}
}
else
{
alert
(
'Geocoder failed due to: '
+
status
);
}
});
}
</script>
</head>
<body
onload=
"initialize()"
>
<div>
<input
id=
"latlng"
type=
"textbox"
value=
"40.714224,-73.961452"
>
</div>
<div>
<input
type=
"button"
value=
"Reverse Geocode"
onclick=
"codeLatLng()"
>
</div>
<div
id=
"map_canvas"
style=
"height: 90%; top:60px; border: 1px solid black;"
></div>
</body>
</html>
Frameworks
When working with the Geolocation API, you should detect and wrap available Geo‐
location mechanisms that are available across different mobile devices. For example,
you could detect Google Gears, BlackBerry, and the default Geolocation API within one
JavaScript
init()
method. But why try to code all this yourself, when you could just
use a framework? The Geolocation JavaScript frameworks are relatively small in both
size and selection.
geo-location-javascript
A mobile centric framework using nonstandard BlackBerry and WebOD tricks, geo-
location-javascript (
http://code.google.com/p/geo-location-javascript
)
wraps the under‐
