Region Code Biasing (US)

  • This sample demonstrates how to send a geocoding request for "Toledo" and receive a US-based result using the Google Maps JavaScript API.

  • The returned geocoding result can vary depending on the specified map region.

  • Sample code is provided in both TypeScript and JavaScript, along with HTML and CSS for displaying the results on a map.

  • Users can try the sample using JSFiddle or Google Cloud Shell, or clone the repository and run it locally with Node.js.

This demonstrates sending a geocoding request for "Toledo" and receiving a result in the US. The result returned depends on the region of the map. See also the demo for the ES region .

Read the documentation .

TypeScript

 async 
  
 function 
  
 initMap 
 () 
 : 
  
 Promise<void> 
  
 { 
  
 await 
  
 Promise 
 . 
 all 
 ([ 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
 "maps" 
 ), 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
 "geocoding" 
 ), 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
 "marker" 
 ), 
  
 ]); 
  
 const 
  
 mapElement 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 querySelector 
 ( 
 "gmp-map" 
 ) 
  
 as 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 MapElement 
 ; 
  
 const 
  
 innerMap 
  
 = 
  
 mapElement 
 . 
 innerMap 
 ; 
  
 const 
  
 geocoder 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 Geocoder 
 (); 
  
 geocoder 
  
 . 
 geocode 
 ({ 
  
 address 
 : 
  
 "Toledo" 
  
 }) 
  
 . 
 then 
 (( 
 response 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 position 
  
 = 
  
 response 
 . 
 results 
 [ 
 0 
 ]. 
 geometry 
 . 
 location 
 ; 
  
 innerMap 
 . 
 setCenter 
 ( 
 position 
 ); 
  
 new 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 marker 
 . 
 AdvancedMarkerElement 
 ({ 
  
 map 
 : 
  
 innerMap 
 , 
  
 position 
 , 
  
 }); 
  
 }) 
  
 . 
 catch 
 (( 
 e 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 window 
 . 
 alert 
 ( 
 "Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " 
  
 + 
  
 e 
 ) 
  
 ); 
 } 
 initMap 
 (); 
  

JavaScript

 async 
  
 function 
  
 initMap 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 await 
  
 Promise 
 . 
 all 
 ([ 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
 "maps" 
 ), 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
 "geocoding" 
 ), 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
 "marker" 
 ), 
  
 ]); 
  
 const 
  
 mapElement 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 querySelector 
 ( 
 "gmp-map" 
 ); 
  
 const 
  
 innerMap 
  
 = 
  
 mapElement 
 . 
 innerMap 
 ; 
  
 const 
  
 geocoder 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 Geocoder 
 (); 
  
 geocoder 
  
 . 
 geocode 
 ({ 
  
 address 
 : 
  
 "Toledo" 
  
 }) 
  
 . 
 then 
 (( 
 response 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 position 
  
 = 
  
 response 
 . 
 results 
 [ 
 0 
 ]. 
 geometry 
 . 
 location 
 ; 
  
 innerMap 
 . 
 setCenter 
 ( 
 position 
 ); 
  
 new 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 marker 
 . 
 AdvancedMarkerElement 
 ({ 
  
 map 
 : 
  
 innerMap 
 , 
  
 position 
 , 
  
 }); 
  
 }) 
  
 . 
 catch 
 (( 
 e 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 window 
 . 
 alert 
 ( 
 "Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " 
  
 + 
  
 e 
 )); 
 } 
 initMap 
 (); 
  

CSS

 /* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */ 
 html 
 , 
 body 
  
 { 
  
 height 
 : 
  
 100 
 % 
 ; 
  
 margin 
 : 
  
 0 
 ; 
  
 padding 
 : 
  
 0 
 ; 
 } 
  

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Geocoding Region - US</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
    <!-- prettier-ignore -->
    <script>(g => { var h, a, k, p = "The Google Maps JavaScript API", c = "google", l = "importLibrary", q = "__ib__", m = document, b = window; b = b[c] || (b[c] = {}); var d = b.maps || (b.maps = {}), r = new Set, e = new URLSearchParams, u = () => h || (h = new Promise(async (f, n) => { await (a = m.createElement("script")); e.set("libraries", [...r] + ""); for (k in g) e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g, t => "_" + t[0].toLowerCase()), g[k]); e.set("callback", c + ".maps." + q); a.src = `https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?` + e; d[q] = f; a.onerror = () => h = n(Error(p + " could not load.")); a.nonce = m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce || ""; m.head.append(a) })); d[l] ? console.warn(p + " only loads once. Ignoring:", g) : d[l] = (f, ...n) => r.add(f) && u().then(() => d[l](f, ...n)) })
        ({ key: "AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8", v: "weekly", region: "US" });</script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <gmp-map zoom="8" map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID"></gmp-map>
  </body>
</html>  

Try Sample

Clone Sample

Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.

  
  git 
  
 clone 
  
 https 
 : 
 //github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git 
 
  
  cd 
  
 samples 
 / 
 geocoding 
 - 
 region 
 - 
 us 
 
  
  npm 
  
 i 
 
  
  npm 
  
 start 
 
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