Google Maps API for Codeigniter, add location to database

Question

I want to allow users to pick their location using google maps. For example they would type in their zipcode and press enter. Afterwards I want to add the country and city where they are located in the database.

Is this functionality easy to develop? I'm looking for some guidance please.

Answer 1

If you know how it's quite easy. I'm not going to write it for you but you probably best start with looking how (reverse) geocoding in google maps works.

• http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/index.html (check the geocoding examples)
• http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/
• http://www.timshowers.com/2008/08/php-geocoding-tutorial-with-the-google-maps-api-part-one/

Answer 2

Maybe you could take a look at : http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/news/this-is-how-you-use-the-google-maps-api/ and search for Google Maps in the CodeIgniter wiki : http://codeigniter.com/wiki/

Answer 3

all the guidance you need already exist in documentations for these 2 products:

• http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/database/index.html
• http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/basics.html