Question

I’m trying to get a latitude and longitude by address with the following code:

 function initialize() {
    directionsDisplay = new google.maps.DirectionsRenderer();
    geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
    var address = "HaYarkon 100 TelAviv Israel";
    geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results, status) {
    if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK)
       {
            TelAviv = new google.maps.LatLng(results[0].geometry.location.latitude,results[0].geometry.location.longitude);             
       }
    });

    var myOptions = {
        zoom:7,
        mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
        center: TelAviv
    }
    map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
    directionsDisplay.setMap(map);
}

The problem is that results[0].geomety.location.latitude and longitude are undefinde.

What I see in the results in the console are the next:

 location: O

   $a: 51.5414691

   ab: -0.11492010000006303

Why does it show $a and ab instead of latitude and longitude

Answer 1

Use the following functions instead of directly accessing the properties:

results[0].geometry.location.lat()

and

results[0].geometry.location.lng()

The Google code is obfuscated and internally uses short variable names that can change from one day to another.