Google Maps API 3

CHAPTER 10 ■ LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
}
})();
geocoder.geocode(geocoderRequest, function(results, status) {
// Check if status is OK before proceeding
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
}
});
// Center the map on the returned location
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
// Check to see if we've already got a Marker object
if (!marker) {
// Creating a new marker and adding it to the map
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map
});
}
// Setting the position of the marker to the returned location
marker.setPosition(results[0].geometry.location);
// Check to see if we've already got an InfoWindow object
if (!infowindow) {
// Creating a new InfoWindow
infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
}
// Creating the content of the InfoWindow to the address
// and the returned position
var content = '' + results[0].formatted_address + '';
content += 'Lat: ' + results[0].geometry.location.lat() + '';
content += 'Lng: ' + results[0].geometry.location.lng();
// Adding the content to the InfoWindow
infowindow.setContent(content);
// Opening the InfoWindow
infowindow.open(map, marker);
Extending the Example
You can do several things to improve this example. First, you should include better error handling so
when something goes wrong, you can let the user know what happened. Second, you could take care of
all the results instead of just the first one in the results array. This is done by looping through the
results array and adding each location as a marker to the map.
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