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How to center Google Map on a country by name

rated 0 times [ 4] [ 6] / answers: 1 / hits: 30404 / 15 Years ago, mon, november 16, 2009, 12:00:00

I'm using the Google Maps API (v2) and would like to center the map onload to a country (for example england).

At the moment i center the map using:

map.setCenter(new GLatLng( 43.907787,-79.359741), 9);

But this obviously requires longitude and Latitude.

Any way to do this by inserting a name of a country?

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answered 15 Years ago sophiak · Accepted Answer

var country = United States

var map = new GMap2($(#map)[0]);

map.setUIToDefault();



var geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();

geocoder.getLatLng(country, function (point) {

  if (!point) {

    // Handle error

  } else {

    map.setCenter(point, 8, G_PHYSICAL_MAP);

  }

});