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google.maps.Geocoder.geocode() geometry.location lat/lng property names change frequently

I use Google Map v3 and its geocoder api in my applicaiton. I use this url to get refer to the api:
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?key=key&sensor=false

The following code used to work very well:

    geocoder.geocode( 
    {'address': address }, function(data, status) 
    { 

            var lat = data[0].geometry.location.Ya;
            var lng = data[0].geometry.location.Za;
              });

But since the api changed on 18th of Nov, this code cannot get the lat and lng information anymore:

var lat = data[0].geometry.location.Ya;
var lng = data[0].geometry.location.Za;

I need to use:

var lat = data[0].geometry.location.$a;
var lng = data[0].geometry.location.ab;

I understand that the problem can be fixed by:

var latlng = data[0].geometry.location;
var lat = latlng.lng();
var lng = latlng.lat();

But is it weired to keep on changing the variable’s name? This happened on 22nd of October, now it is changed again. I am just wondering if anybody had the similar problem before? Is there a Google Map v3 javascript URL with version number so that I don’t need to use the latest version? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

load Google API via:

<!--load Google API-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/client.js"></script>

then go to API console, create your new project and enable the Google API you need, in your case Gmaps V3 api (you see on/off buttons to enable services you need )

https://code.google.com/apis/console