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This demonstrates sending a geocoding request for "Toledo" and receiving a
result in Spain. The result returned depends on the region of the map. See also
thedemo for the US region.
functioninitMap():void{constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{zoom:8,});constgeocoder=newgoogle.maps.Geocoder();geocoder.geocode({address:"Toledo"}).then((response)=>{constposition=response.results[0].geometry.location;map.setCenter(position);newgoogle.maps.Marker({map,position,});}).catch((e)=>window.alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: "+e));}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
functioninitMap(){constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{zoom:8,});constgeocoder=newgoogle.maps.Geocoder();geocoder.geocode({address:"Toledo"}).then((response)=>{constposition=response.results[0].geometry.location;map.setCenter(position);newgoogle.maps.Marker({map,position,});}).catch((e)=>window.alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: "+e),);}window.initMap=initMap;
/** Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element* that contains the map.*/#map{height:100%;}/** Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window.*/html,body{height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;}
<html>
<head>
<title>Geocoding Region - ES</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
<script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<!--
The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML
document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,
and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api
for more information.
-->
<script
src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly®ion=ES"
defer
></script>
</body>
</html>
Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow theseinstructionsto install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.
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It sends a geocoding request for \"Toledo\" to the geocoder. Upon a successful response, the map's center is set to the location of \"Toledo\" in Spain, and a marker is placed there. If the geocode fails, an alert is displayed indicating the error. The map's region is defined as \"ES\", which represents Spain. The CSS file sets the height of the map element. The HTML file imports the CSS and JS files.\n"],null,["This demonstrates sending a geocoding request for \"Toledo\" and receiving a\nresult in Spain. The result returned depends on the region of the map. See also\nthe\n[demo for the US region](/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/geocoding-region-us).\n\nRead the\n[documentation](/maps/documentation/javascript/geocoding#GeocodingRegionCodes). \n\nTypeScript \n\n```typescript\nfunction initMap(): void {\n const map = new google.maps.Map(\n document.getElementById(\"map\") as HTMLElement,\n {\n zoom: 8,\n }\n );\n const geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();\n\n geocoder\n .geocode({ address: \"Toledo\" })\n .then((response) =\u003e {\n const position = response.results[0].geometry.location;\n\n map.setCenter(position);\n new google.maps.Marker({\n map,\n position,\n });\n })\n .catch((e) =\u003e\n window.alert(\"Geocode was not successful for the following reason: \" + e)\n );\n}\n\ndeclare global {\n interface Window {\n initMap: () =\u003e void;\n }\n}\nwindow.initMap = initMap;https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/samples/geocoding-region-es/index.ts#L10-L40\n```\n| **Note:** Read the [guide](/maps/documentation/javascript/using-typescript) on using TypeScript and Google Maps.\n\nJavaScript \n\n```javascript\nfunction initMap() {\n const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(\"map\"), {\n zoom: 8,\n });\n const geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();\n\n geocoder\n .geocode({ address: \"Toledo\" })\n .then((response) =\u003e {\n const position = response.results[0].geometry.location;\n\n map.setCenter(position);\n new google.maps.Marker({\n map,\n position,\n });\n })\n .catch((e) =\u003e\n window.alert(\"Geocode was not successful for the following reason: \" + e),\n );\n}\n\nwindow.initMap = initMap;https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/geocoding-region-es/docs/index.js#L8-L30\n```\n| **Note:** The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet.\n\nCSS \n\n```css\n/* \n * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element\n * that contains the map. \n */\n#map {\n height: 100%;\n}\n\n/* \n * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. \n */\nhtml,\nbody {\n height: 100%;\n margin: 0;\n padding: 0;\n}\nhttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/geocoding-region-es/docs/style.css#L7-L24\n```\n\nHTML \n\n```html\n\u003chtml\u003e\n \u003chead\u003e\n \u003ctitle\u003eGeocoding Region - ES\u003c/title\u003e\n\n \u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"./style.css\" /\u003e\n \u003cscript type=\"module\" src=\"./index.js\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cbody\u003e\n \u003cdiv id=\"map\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- \n The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML\n document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,\n and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See\n https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api\n for more information.\n --\u003e\n \u003cscript\n src=\"https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly®ion=ES\"\n defer\n \u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/body\u003e\n\u003c/html\u003ehttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/geocoding-region-es/docs/index.html#L8-L30\n```\n\nTry Sample \n[JSFiddle.net](https://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/library/pure/googlemaps/js-samples/tree/master/dist/samples/geocoding-region-es/jsfiddle) [Google Cloud Shell](https://ssh.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/editor?cloudshell_git_repo=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgooglemaps%2Fjs-samples&cloudshell_git_branch=sample-geocoding-region-es&cloudshell_tutorial=cloud_shell_instructions.md&cloudshell_workspace=.)\n\nClone Sample\n\n\nGit and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these [instructions](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm) to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application. \n\n git clone -b sample-geocoding-region-es https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git\n cd js-samples\n npm i\n npm start\n\n\nOther samples can be tried by switching to any branch beginning with `sample-`\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eSAMPLE_NAME\u003c/var\u003e. \n\n git checkout sample-\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-nx\"\u003eSAMPLE_NAME\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/var\u003e\n npm i\n npm start"]]
