This demonstrates sending a geocoding request for "Toledo" and receiving a result in the US. The result returned depends on the region of the map. See also the demo for the Spanish region code.
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function initMap() {
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {zoom: 8});
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder;
geocoder.geocode({'address': 'Toledo'}, function(results, status) {
if (status === 'OK') {
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: results[0].geometry.location
});
} else {
window.alert('Geocode was not successful for the following reason: ' +
status);
}
});
}
<div id="map"></div>
/* Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div
* element that contains the map. */
#map {
height: 100%;
}
/* Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */
html, body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
<!-- Replace the value of the key parameter with your own API key. --> <script async defer src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk&callback=initMap"> </script>
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Region Code Biasing (US)</title>
<style>
/* Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div
* element that contains the map. */
#map {
height: 100%;
}
/* Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */
html, body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script>
function initMap() {
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {zoom: 8});
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder;
geocoder.geocode({'address': 'Toledo'}, function(results, status) {
if (status === 'OK') {
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: results[0].geometry.location
});
} else {
window.alert('Geocode was not successful for the following reason: ' +
status);
}
});
}
</script>
<script async defer
src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&callback=initMap">
</script>
</body>
</html>
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