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Google Maps Api Coodrinates
$("#SomeIDOfATextBox").val("Some value");
//Can be replaced by:
document.getElementById('SomeIDOfATextBox').value = "Some value";
var map;
function initialize() {
if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) //a check to make sure the browser is compatible for GEmaps.
{
map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas")); //assign the div to map var
map.setCenter(new GLatLng(18, -77.4), 13); //centering the location
map.setUIToDefault(); //setting the default location to the center.
//The GE event for clicking the map.
GEvent.addListener(map, 'click', function(overlay, point) {
map.clearOverlays(); //clearing the previous marker
var lati = point.lat(); //Function to extract latitude
var longi = point.lng(); //Function to extract longitude
var marker = new GMarker(new GLatLng(lati, longi), { draggable: false }); //Setting the marker to clicked location
map.addOverlay(marker); //adding the marker to the map
//JQuery function to assign the lat and long to the values of textboxes.
$('#LatTxt').val(lati);
$('#LonTxt').val(longi);
});
}
//This JQuery Function operates almost the same as the onload function, except more earlier
$(function() {
initialize();//call to initialize the map.
}
<div id="map_canvas" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;">
</div>
<label>
Latitude
<input id="LatTxt" disabled="disabled" type="text" />
</label>
<label>
Longitude
<input id="LonTxt" disabled="disabled" type="text" />
</label>
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