I'm trying to get latitude and longitude from Autocomplete Google Maps API without showing the map. In my script autocompletion works well, but I can't get the latitude and longitude.
You can use the code below.
<script src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=places" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function initialize() {
var input = document.getElementById('searchTextField');
var autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input);
google.maps.event.addListener(autocomplete, 'place_changed', function () {
var place = autocomplete.getPlace();
document.getElementById('city2').value = place.name;
document.getElementById('cityLat').value = place.geometry.location.lat();
document.getElementById('cityLng').value = place.geometry.location.lng();
//alert("This function is working!");
//alert(place.name);
// alert(place.address_components[0].long_name);
});
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
and this part is inside your form:
<input id="searchTextField" type="text" size="50" placeholder="Enter a location" autocomplete="on" runat="server" />
<input type="hidden" id="city2" name="city2" />
<input type="hidden" id="cityLat" name="cityLat" />
<input type="hidden" id="cityLng" name="cityLng" />
I hope it helps.