Maps US only or UK too?

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#1

Hi all,

Just a quick question regarding the maps feature - is it just for the US or is it UK and European compatible?

I am putting my address in, but am not getting the right result out.

Cheers!

#2

Hi Matthew,

Are you specifying the address in the proper “format”? Please view this tutorial and see if it helps at all:

http://www.coronalabs.com/blog/2012/12/18/reintroducing-google-maps/

Best regards,

Brent

#3

Hi Brent,

Is it not possible to do it through the included API?

Cheers,

Matt

#4

The native.newMapView object should be using Google’s Geo-encoding.  What address are you trying to use?  Do you have some UTF-8 characters in it?  I wonder if they need URL encoded before sending??

#5

We’re building an address from different fields in a file downloaded from a central database.

So the address comes through as:

Address1: Address

Address2: Address

Postcode: Postcode

Now i, within the app, change that to be:

local locationString = cDataSet[“Address1”]…", “…cDataSet[“Address2”]…”, "…cDataSet[“PostCode”]

If it helps, I can send you the file?

#6

I’m not sure I need to see the whole dataset.  I don’t have a lot of experience with the maps in Corona.  Can you post a single address that’s not working for you?

#7

Hi Matthew,

Are you specifying the address in the proper “format”? Please view this tutorial and see if it helps at all:

http://www.coronalabs.com/blog/2012/12/18/reintroducing-google-maps/

Best regards,

Brent

#8

Hi Brent,

Is it not possible to do it through the included API?

Cheers,

Matt

#9

The native.newMapView object should be using Google’s Geo-encoding.  What address are you trying to use?  Do you have some UTF-8 characters in it?  I wonder if they need URL encoded before sending??

#10

We’re building an address from different fields in a file downloaded from a central database.

So the address comes through as:

Address1: Address

Address2: Address

Postcode: Postcode

Now i, within the app, change that to be:

local locationString = cDataSet[“Address1”]…", “…cDataSet[“Address2”]…”, "…cDataSet[“PostCode”]

If it helps, I can send you the file?

#11

I’m not sure I need to see the whole dataset.  I don’t have a lot of experience with the maps in Corona.  Can you post a single address that’s not working for you?