Google Maps geocode: undefined latitude
Hitting a page with the follow script displays:
- lat: undefined
- lon: 51.5001524
Why is it that while lat is undefined, lon is not? A working example can be found here.
Pull up your web console and see for yourself!
$(document).ready(function(){
var geocoder;
function codeAddress()
{
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var address = 'London, England';
geocoder.geocode({'address': address}, function(results, status)
{
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK)
{
lat = results[0].geometry.location.Ia;
lon = results[0].geometry.location.Ja;
console.log("lat: " + lat);
console.log("lon: " + lon);
}
});
}
codeAddress();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
While we'开发者_C百科re at it - what is the historical significance of Ia and Ja? I presume it relates to the Cartesian unit vectors i and j (predominately used in Engineering) though I'm not sure.
I found other examples online who use .lat
for .Ia
and .lng
for .Ja
These, however, are returning in the console:
function () {
return this[a];
}
Just need a kick in the right direction. Thank you.
I would use lat()
and lng()
:
var lat = results[0].geometry.location.lat();
var lng = results[0].geometry.location.lng();
This is a designed behaviour of the geocoder: google shifts the identifiers in
geometry.location.Ia;
geometry.location.Ja;
on a weekly basis, i.e. from above to
geometry.location.Ja;
geometry.location.Ka;
and so on, so it is not possible to refer by id to the geocoder result object.
Chances are Google are using a javascript minifier (e.g. http://jscompress.com/) which renames all variables - hence they're subject to change on every build.
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