Using google maps as an input method

Posted by Vasiliy Sharapov on Pro Webmasters See other posts from Pro Webmasters or by Vasiliy Sharapov
Published on 2012-08-04T14:16:34Z Indexed on 2012/09/03 21:49 UTC
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I'm wondering if it's possible to use gmaps pretty much as a type of input. Normally for Location a user has to enter:

street address
town/city
state/province
postal code
country

This seems too clunky to me, does anyone here know of a more elegant process?

My perfect address-entering interface is a gmaps search bar with a map under it. When the user clicks a marker instead of a speech bubble containing location information they get one containing a submit button or equivalent.

I'm not sure anything like this has been implemented before.

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