Geocoding using Google Maps API v3? - google-maps-api-3

Question

At the moment I use a latlang to specify the location:
<script type="text/javascript">
function initialize() {
var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(52.097303, 0.275820);
var myOptions = {
zoom: 15,
center: myLatlng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
var contentString = '<div id="bubbleContent">'+'<img src="images/logo.png" alt="logo" width="200" height="35"/>'
'</div>';
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
content: contentString,
});
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: myLatlng,
map: map,
});
infowindow.open(map,marker);
}
</script>
How do I use geocoding to use an address instead? e.g. Cambridge, United Kingdom
Thanks

Answer 1

var map;
var geocoder;
var address;
function initialize() {
map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
map.setCenter(new GLatLng(40.730885,-73.997383), 15);
map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl);
GEvent.addListener(map, "click", getAddress);
geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();
}
function getAddress(overlay, latlng) {
if (latlng != null) {
address = latlng;
geocoder.getLocations(latlng, showAddress);
}
}
function showAddress(response) {
map.clearOverlays();
if (!response || response.Status.code != 200) {
alert("Status Code:" + response.Status.code);
} else {
place = response.Placemark[0];
point = new GLatLng(place.Point.coordinates[1],place.Point.coordinates[0]);
marker = new GMarker(point);
map.addOverlay(marker);
marker.openInfoWindowHtml(
'>b<orig latlng:>/b<' + response.name + '>br/<' +
'>b<latlng:>/b<' + place.Point.coordinates[1] + "," + place.Point.coordinates[0] + '>br<' +
'>b<Status Code:>/b<' + response.Status.code + '>br<' +
'>b<Status Request:>/b<' + response.Status.request + '>br<' +
'>b<Address:>/b<' + place.address + '>br<' +
'>b<Accuracy:>/b<' + place.AddressDetails.Accuracy + '>br>' +
'>b>Country code:>/b< ' + place.AddressDetails.Country.CountryNameCode);
}
}