Google Maps within a .NET application

Question

I am trying to return the directions list from Google maps. I am doing this already with static maps on another page, but for this, I just want to send my inputs and get the directions (no map) back. Has anyone had any experience with this? Thanks.

Roei Bar · Answer

dont forget to mark this as accespted answer :-)

Rob Ihasz · Answer

Ok I didn't think about a handler...thanks for the help!

Roei Bar · Answer

i am working on one of the largest Telecom in Israel this is how we accessed our maps in the WAP portal. :-)

Roei Bar · Answer

you dont have to use the js directly create a handler that will handle the send to google and return the data in formated JSON or XML so you can work on it on your mobile client :-)

Rob Ihasz · Answer

Thanks for the answer. I left a key element out I'm doing this for a .NET mobile application and I cannot use Javascript.

Roei Bar · Answer

well my friend i am attaching my javascript that connects to Google and obtain the directions. basically google has an object called GDirections this object gets the map and directions element in order to run this just use the additional function called setDirections this will go to google get the map and directions. var map; var gdir; var geocoder = null; var addressMarker; function initialize() { if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) { map = new GMap2(document.getElementById(map_canvas)); gdir = new GDirections(map document.getElementById(directions)); GEvent.addListener(gdir load onGDirectionsLoad); GEvent.addListener(gdir error handleErrors); setDirections(San Francisco Mountain View en_US); } } function setDirections(fromAddress toAddress locale) { gdir.load(from:  + fromAddress +  to:  + toAddress { locale: locale }); } function handleErrors(){ if (gdir.getStatus().code == G_GEO_UNKNOWN_ADDRESS) alert(No corresponding geographic location could be found for one of the specified addresses. This may be due to the fact that the address is relatively new or it may be incorrect.
Error code:  + gdir.getStatus().code); else if (gdir.getStatus().code == G_GEO_SERVER_ERROR) alert(A geocoding or directions request could not be successfully processed yet the exact reason for the failure is not known.
 Error code:  + gdir.getStatus().code); else if (gdir.getStatus().code == G_GEO_MISSING_QUERY) alert(The HTTP q parameter was either missing or had no value. For geocoder requests this means that an empty address was specified as input. For directions requests this means that no query was specified in the input.
 Error code:  + gdir.getStatus().code); // else if (gdir.getStatus().code == G_UNAVAILABLE_ADDRESS) Maps API Directions Illustrated From: To: Language: English French German Japanese Spanish Formatted Directions Map