Comments on: Add Google Maps driving directions to your website

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:44:58 +0000

Is there a way to use this same or similar code and have the page that opens go directly to the printable driving directions with or without the map? or is that something Google would frown on?

like this link shows

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=.....c&pw=2

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By: mary

mary — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:23:44 +0000

Thanks so much for providing this information!

By: mojomonger

mojomonger — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:32:30 +0000

the “t=h” nomenclature translates to “type=hybrid” – google uses HYRBID to describe satellite maps.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:18:46 +0000

I adde this feature, and it’s great, but any idea how to add a dropdown for multiple office locations?

By: Mars

Mars — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:58:08 +0000

Thanks, Works like a gem!! ;0)

By: unRheal

unRheal — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:02:45 +0000

Nick: (you probably already figured it out, but just in case…) I tried copying and pasting the code from this page into the “code” view of a trivial web page in Dreamweaver, and when I tried to preview/debug it I ended up with a strange page with 3 fields and bits of text displayed that didn’t function at all. I’d saved it to an .htm file, so I just directly loaded that file in IE myself with similar results… but when I went “view source” in IE, the problem was clearly that copying and pasting directly from this page had caused the double quote charcters to come up as some fancy slanted quotes that neither firefox nor IE considered to be actual double quotes.

So I just used a text editor to do a quick search and replace – I selected one of the funky quotes, and copied it, and used that to search “for” and then just put a real double quote character to “replace” and replaced ‘em all, saved it… then re-loaded it back up into Dreamweaver… and *then* it would load/debug in IE and function properly – I actually got directions when I submitted a valid location.

As I say, you probably got it all figured out already, but maybe this’ll save someone a few minutes of confusion, as I experienced while trying to figure out why the copy-pasted code wasn’t working!

By: unRheal

unRheal — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:18:06 +0000

Cool! Exactly what I was looking for (well, I wanted to send someone a URL with specific starting and destination points, but that’s easy with your info!) Thanks!

BTW – I won’t be stopping by for tea, and something a bit over 4500 km to your place, I rather suspect the 1 day, 18 hours (no doubt non-stop, probably at the limit) is a bit more than I’m up for at this time.

Cheers

By: nick z

nick z — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:31:33 +0000

hey man, every time i do this it never works. Does it look different in Dreamweaver when you view it as opposed to when you put it on a remote site? I’m developing a website right now but do not currently have access to the remote server yet.

By: PNOOZ

PNOOZ — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:36:55 +0000

Regarding your PDFs – try CutePDF Writer – http://cutepdf.com
It’ll print anything as a PDF file on your computer.

Thanks for the Google map info,… it’s a big help!

PNOOZ

By: Raymond

Raymond — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:57:15 +0000

It’s a nice feature which we have recently added to our website.

I would also very much like to have the option to save the directions as a pdf file and the option to email the directions directly from the website (options: send as link and/or as pdf).

Thanks for the article.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:38:43 +0000

Hi, do you have any idea how to convert a google map to pdf, so I can draw arrows on the maps and make notes? Thanks.

By: Bollywood Star

Bollywood Star — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:27:51 +0000

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Thanks to all

By: Aurelius Tjin

Aurelius Tjin — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:53:14 +0000

Great post! Thanks for the valuable information and insights you have shared here.

By: MJ

MJ — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:58:31 +0000

Really cool feature. I have tried it before, it’s really helpful.

Thanks.