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This example demonstrates reverse geocoding of coordinates to addresses.
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TypeScriptfunction initMap(): void { const map = new google.maps.Map( document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement, { zoom: 8, center: { lat: 40.731, lng: -73.997 }, } ); const geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder(); const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow(); (document.getElementById("submit") as HTMLElement).addEventListener( "click", () => { geocodeLatLng(geocoder, map, infowindow); } ); } function geocodeLatLng( geocoder: google.maps.Geocoder, map: google.maps.Map, infowindow: google.maps.InfoWindow ) { const input = (document.getElementById("latlng") as HTMLInputElement).value; const latlngStr = input.split(",", 2); const latlng = { lat: parseFloat(latlngStr[0]), lng: parseFloat(latlngStr[1]), }; geocoder .geocode({ location: latlng }) .then((response) => { if (response.results[0]) { map.setZoom(11); const marker = new google.maps.Marker({ position: latlng, map: map, }); infowindow.setContent(response.results[0].formatted_address); infowindow.open(map, marker); } else { window.alert("No results found"); } }) .catch((e) => window.alert("Geocoder failed due to: " + e)); } declare global { interface Window { initMap: () => void; } } window.initMap = initMap;Note: Read the guide on using TypeScript and Google Maps. JavaScript
function initMap() { const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), { zoom: 8, center: { lat: 40.731, lng: -73.997 }, }); const geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder(); const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow(); document.getElementById("submit").addEventListener("click", () => { geocodeLatLng(geocoder, map, infowindow); }); } function geocodeLatLng(geocoder, map, infowindow) { const input = document.getElementById("latlng").value; const latlngStr = input.split(",", 2); const latlng = { lat: parseFloat(latlngStr[0]), lng: parseFloat(latlngStr[1]), }; geocoder .geocode({ location: latlng }) .then((response) => { if (response.results[0]) { map.setZoom(11); const marker = new google.maps.Marker({ position: latlng, map: map, }); infowindow.setContent(response.results[0].formatted_address); infowindow.open(map, marker); } else { window.alert("No results found"); } }) .catch((e) => window.alert("Geocoder failed due to: " + e)); } window.initMap = initMap;Note: The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet. CSS
/* * 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; } #floating-panel { position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 25%; z-index: 5; background-color: #fff; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #999; text-align: center; font-family: "Roboto", "sans-serif"; line-height: 30px; padding-left: 10px; } #floating-panel { position: absolute; top: 5px; left: 50%; margin-left: -180px; width: 350px; z-index: 5; background-color: #fff; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #999; } #latlng { width: 225px; }HTML
<html> <head> <title>Reverse Geocoding</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" /> <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="floating-panel"> <input id="latlng" type="text" value="40.714224,-73.961452" /> <input id="submit" type="button" value="Reverse Geocode" /> </div> <div id="map"></div> <!-- The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions, and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api for more information. --> <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly" defer ></script> </body> </html>Try Sample Clone Sample
Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.
git clone -b sample-geocoding-reverse https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
cd js-samples
npm i
npm start
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git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
npm i
npm start
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