I have an issue with getting longitude and latitude values geocoded and then display the relevant address in an info window. I have tried multiple ways without success, however I must admit that I am not so familiar with javascript. I am continuously getting back as value : "undefined".
Here is a snippet of my code showing the main components:
var position = new google.maps.LatLng(position.coords.latitude, position.coords.longitude);
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var address;
if (geocoder) {
geocoder.geocode({ 'latLng': position }, function (results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
address = (results[0].formatted_address);
} else {
address = (position.coords.latitude + ', ' + position.coords.longitude);
}
});
}
var info =
('<span class="txt_bld">Location:</span> ' + address + '<br />' +
'<span class="txt_bld">Accuracy:</span> ' + position.coords.accuracy + '<br />' +
'<span class="txt_bld">Time:</span> ' + position.timestamp);
Can anyone tell me how I can translate the lat/lng in position to an address in order to show them in my infowindow?
EDIT
Updated Code:
var position = new google.maps.LatLng(position.coords.latitude,position.coords.longitude);
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
var address;
if (geocoder) {
geocoder.geocode({ 'latLng': position }, function (results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
address == (results[0].formatted_address);
} else {
address == (position.coords.latitude + ', ' + position.coords.longitude);
}
var info =
('<span class="txt_bld">Location:</span> ' + address + '<br />' +
'<span class="txt_bld">Accuracy:</span> ' + position.coords.accuracy + '<br />' +
'<span class="txt_bld">Time:</span> ' + position.timestamp);
if(!infowindow){
infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
content: info
});
}else{
infowindow.setContent(info);
}
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
infowindow.open(map,marker);
setTimeout(function () {
infowindow.close();
}, 5000);
});
});
}
if(!marker){
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: position,
map: this.map,
icon: markericon,
draggable:false
});
}else{
marker.setPosition(point);
}
The geocoder is asynchronous. You need to use the data it returns in the callback function. Something like this (not tested):
var position = new google.maps.LatLng(position.coords.latitude,position.coords.longitude);
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
var address;
if (geocoder) {
geocoder.geocode({ 'latLng': position }, function (results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
address = (results[0].formatted_address);
} else {
address = (position.coords.latitude + ', ' + position.coords.longitude);
}
var info =
('<span class="txt_bld">Location:</span> ' + address
+ '<br />' +
'<span class="txt_bld">Accuracy:</span> ' + position.coords.accuracy
+ '<br />' +
'<span class="txt_bld">Time:</span> ' + position.timestamp);
infowindow.setContent(info);
infowindow.setPosition(position);
infowindow.open(map);
});
}