This demonstrates sending a geocoding request for "Toledo" and receiving a result in the US. The result returned depends on the region of the map. See also the demo for the Spanish region code.
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function initMap() { var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {zoom: 8}); var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder; geocoder.geocode({'address': 'Toledo'}, function(results, status) { if (status === 'OK') { map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location); new google.maps.Marker({ map: map, position: results[0].geometry.location }); } else { window.alert('Geocode was not successful for the following reason: ' + status); } }); }
<div id="map"></div>
/* Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div * element that contains the map. */ #map { height: 100%; } /* Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */ html, body { height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
<!-- Replace the value of the key parameter with your own API key. --> <script async defer src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk&callback=initMap"> </script>
Try it yourself
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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Region Code Biasing (US)</title> <style> /* Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div * element that contains the map. */ #map { height: 100%; } /* Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */ html, body { height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="map"></div> <script> function initMap() { var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {zoom: 8}); var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder; geocoder.geocode({'address': 'Toledo'}, function(results, status) { if (status === 'OK') { map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location); new google.maps.Marker({ map: map, position: results[0].geometry.location }); } else { window.alert('Geocode was not successful for the following reason: ' + status); } }); } </script> <script async defer src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&callback=initMap"> </script> </body> </html>