How to get latitude and longitude from google maps v3 api?

Question

I am trying create a map using google maps v3 api. I have found the below code over internet and I want to show the latitude and logitude in map window instead of address.

Answer 1

Where you have

  var address = '';
  if (place.address_components) {
    address = [
      (place.address_components[0] && place.address_components[0].short_name || ''),
      (place.address_components[1] && place.address_components[1].short_name || ''),
      (place.address_components[2] && place.address_components[2].short_name || '')
    ].join(' ');
  }

  infowindow.setContent('<div><strong>' + place.name + '</strong><br>' + address);
  infowindow.open(map, marker);

Change the infowindow line to read

  infowindow.setContent('<div><strong>' + place.name + '</strong><br>' + place.geometry.location.lat() + ',' + place.geometry.location.lng());

Answer 2

Much simpler solution will be :

var address = "New Delhi"
$.ajax({
  url:"http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address="+address+"&sensor=false",
  type: "POST",
  success:function(res){
     console.log(res.results[0].geometry.location.lat);
     console.log(res.results[0].geometry.location.lng);
  }
});

Cheers

Answer 3

When you want the lat and long of any part of the map,try adding the click listeners for the map not the marker. The code should be something like below:

var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
    var service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);

    service.getDetails({
        placeId: 'ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4'
    },function(place,status){
        if(status === google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK)
        {
            var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
                map:map,
                position: place.geometry.location

            });

        google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function(e) {
          infowindow.setContent('<div>'+'Longitute'+'<strong>' + e.latLng.lng() + '</strong><br>' +
            'Latitude:'+'<strong>' + e.latLng.lat()+'</strong>'  + '</div>');
          infowindow.open(map, this);
        });
        }
    });

This will display the lat and long of any location on the map using a info window.

Answer 4

Looks like you might be looking for just regular geolocation stuff? Here's my snippett from a project to grab a user's lat/long

trigger show_user_location(); to begin the geolocation API.

function show_user_location(){ 

    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(display_user_location, error_response); 
} 
function display_user_location(user_position){ 
    var lat = user_position.coords.latitude; 
    var lon = user_position.coords.longitude; 

// once we get here make that AJAX query
// #loc.value="<p>Your latitude is: "+lat+", your longitude is: "+lon+"</p>"+ "<p><a href='http://maps.google.com/?q="+lat+","+lon+"'>View your location on Google Maps</a></p>";

    // I often put the lat/lon in a hidden form for later retrieval here.
    // value = document.getElementById('lat').value;
    // value = document.getElementById('lat').value;

    document.getElementById("lat").value = lat;
    document.getElementById("long").value = lon;

} 

Answer 5

I created a tiny component to illustrate with React. Although, it's the same API. I thought this might be helpful.

import React, { useState } from 'react';

import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import { GoogleApiWrapper } from 'google-maps-react';

const SearchLocation = ({ google }) => {
  const [inputData, setInputData] = useState('');

  const handleChange = ({ target: { value } }) => {
    if (value) {
      setInputData(value);
      const autoCompleteService = new google.maps.places.AutocompleteService();
      autoCompleteService.getPlacePredictions(
        { input: value },
        (predictions, status) => {
           if (status === google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
              // update prediction, so that user can click on the predicted address
              const updatePredictions = (predictions) => {};
              // or get the coordinate of one prediction
              if (predictions.length > 0) {
                 geoCodeLocation(predictions[0]);
              }
           }
        }
      );
    }
  };

  const geoCodeLocation = (suggestion) => {
    const placeId = suggestion.place_id;
    const GeoCoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
    GeoCoder.geocode({ placeId }, (response) => {
      const lattitude = response[0].geometry.location.lat();
      const longitude = response[0].geometry.location.lng();
      const coordinates = [longitude, lattitude];
      // save coordinate and suggestion
      const selectLocation = ({ coordinates, suggestion }) => {};
    });
  };

  return (
    <div>
        <input
          type="text"
          name="searchLocation"
          placeholder="Enter your address..."
          className="text-field"
          onChange={handleChange}
        />
      {/* handle suggestion */}
   </div>
  );
};

export default GoogleApiWrapper({
  apiKey: process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY,
  v: '3'
})(SearchLocation);

SearchLocation.defaultProps = {};

SearchLocation.propTypes = {
  google: PropTypes.shape({}).isRequired,
};

Answer 6

Take a look at this code..

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&sensor=false&libraries=places"></script>
    <script>
        function initialize() {
        var address = 'Kolkata';
            geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
            geocoder.geocode({
            'address': address
            }, function(results, status) {      
                var lat=document.getElementById("lat").innerHTML=results[0].geometry.location.lat();    
                var lng=document.getElementById("lng").innerHTML=results[0].geometry.location.lng();        
            });
        }
        google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <p id="lat"></p> 
    <p id="lng"></p> 
</body>
</html>