I want to use below code for my google map, which is posted on internet and easy to understand, but it doesn't works. I hae get API key but when I replace the original key, I don't know which part of code I need to modified. how to get a latlag cooridinates cooresponding with my API key.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <title>Google Maps JavaScript API Example</title>
    <script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2&key=abcdefg"
            type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    //<![CDATA[

    function load() {
      if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
        var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
        map.setCenter(new GLatLng(37.4419, -122.1419), 13);
      }
    }

    //]]>
    </script>
  </head>
  <body onload="load()" onunload="GUnload()">
    <div id="map" style="width: 500px; height: 300px"></div>
  </body>
</html>

I think I only need to replace this two parts in color, is there any more place that I should modified.

map1

I think this is the simple way that I could use google map on my website. pls come up with better ways if you could. thanks.

hello LastMitch

thank you so much for your input, I have studied the links you provided before, but ufortunately I could fully understand it, that is the reason I come here for some help. I think I don't make it very clear because.

  1. I got the API key v3, and have activated Google Map Coordinate API
  2. it seems that the map code of sample I used is for API key v2, so when google map uploaded, I was reminded that the API key in not valid.

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <title>Google Maps JavaScript API Example</title>
    <script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2&key=abcdefg"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    //<![CDATA[

    function load() {
      if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
        var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
        map.setCenter(new GLatLng(37.4419, -122.1419), 13);
      }
    }
    
    //]]>
    </script>
    
  3. it's highly appreciated if you or some people could give me a google map sample link that use API key v3.

I am sorry that informtion I provide is not complete and accurate, I only know simple Dreamweaver. thanks.

thank you Riahc,

unfortunately I can't open the link you give here.
I have studied the google tutorial, pls see the link below, I think Hello world is the code I need, do you know it is for API key v3 or not?
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/tutorial#HelloWorld

I am sorry that I can't open the sample URL, maybe the great firewall. can you open Hello world sample?

best

The title of the page you provided is "Google Maps JavaScript API v3"...

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Google Maps JavaScript API v3 Example: Map Simple</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <style>
      html, body, #map_canvas {
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        height: 100%;
      }
    </style>
    <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=PUTYOURKEYHERE&sensor=false"></script>
    <script>
      var map;
      function initialize() {
        var mapOptions = {
          zoom: 8,
          center: new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644),
          mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
        };
        map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map_canvas'),
            mapOptions);
      }

      google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map_canvas"></div>
  </body>
</html>

If you truely have a API v3 key, then just copy and paste this code in a HTML page and where it says "PUTYOURKEYHERE", replace it with your API v3 key and it should work perfectly.

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