Address instead of latLng

[kevin simmons]

I want to change it from latLng to address in the following code:

  var geocoder;
  var map;
  function initialize() {
    geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
    var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644);
    var myOptions = {
      zoom: 8,
      center: latlng, 
      mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
    }

But it does not work when I change "LatLng" to "address" and then change the(-34.397, 150.644) to (San Diego,CA).  Can someone please let me know what I am doing wrong?  I found another topic on this in this forum, but all of the links were dead, which caused me to post this question again.

[Barry Hunter]

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/services.html#Geocoding

But you shouldnt be geocoding a known address on every page load.

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[kevin simmons]

My expected results should be when you go to the page, it shows your location.  It will get this information from my db.  I will be adding a little php to handle this.
I am not too familiar with jsp, so the following code might look stupid but, I went to the link you sent me earlier in the day and tried the following (needless to say it failed miserably):


var map;
function initialize() {
  var myLatlng = new google.maps.address(San Diego, CA);
  var myOptions = {
    disableDefaultUI: true,
    zoom: 4,
    center: myLatlng,
    mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN
  }
  map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
 
  google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'zoom_changed');
 
  var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
      position: myLatlng,
      map: map,
      title:<?php echo "full_name";?>
  });
  google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click');
}

What am I doing wrong that stops the map from display with a San Diego start point?
Thank you for the quick response.

[geoco...@gmail.com]

Example that geocodes "San Diego":
http://www.geocodezip.com/GMapsExampleV3b.html

-- Larry

[kevin simmons]

Thank you so much for that, It worked perfectly.