Region Code Biasing (ES)

This demonstrates sending a geocoding request for "Toledo" and receiving a result in Spain. The result returned depends on the region of the map. See also the demo for the US region.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

function initMap(): void {
  const map = new google.maps.Map(
    document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement,
    {
      zoom: 8,
    }
  );
  const geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
  geocoder.geocode({ address: "Toledo" }, (results, status) => {
    if (status === "OK") {
      map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
      new google.maps.Marker({
        map,
        position: results[0].geometry.location,
      });
    } else {
      window.alert(
        "Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status
      );
    }
  });
}
index.ts

JavaScript

function initMap() {
  const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
    zoom: 8,
  });
  const geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
  geocoder.geocode({ address: "Toledo" }, (results, status) => {
    if (status === "OK") {
      map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
      new google.maps.Marker({
        map,
        position: results[0].geometry.location,
      });
    } else {
      window.alert(
        "Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status
      );
    }
  });
}

index.js

CSS

/* 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.css

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Geocoding Region - ES</title>
    <script src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=default"></script>
    <script
      src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&callback=initMap&libraries=&v=weekly&region=ES"
      defer
    ></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>
  </body>
</html>
sample.html

All

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Geocoding Region - ES</title>
    <script src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=default"></script>
    <script
      src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&callback=initMap&libraries=&v=weekly&region=ES"
      defer
    ></script>
    <style type="text/css">
      /* 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>
    <script>
      function initMap() {
        const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
          zoom: 8,
        });
        const geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
        geocoder.geocode({ address: "Toledo" }, (results, status) => {
          if (status === "OK") {
            map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
            new google.maps.Marker({
              map,
              position: results[0].geometry.location,
            });
          } else {
            window.alert(
              "Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status
            );
          }
        });
      }
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>
  </body>
</html>

inline.html
function initMap() { const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), { zoom: 8, }); const geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder(); geocoder.geocode({ address: "Toledo" }, (results, status) => { if (status === "OK") { map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location); new google.maps.Marker({ map, position: results[0].geometry.location, }); } else { window.alert( "Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status ); } }); }
/* 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; }
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Geocoding Region - ES</title> <script src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=default"></script> <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyBIwzALxUPNbatRBj3Xi1Uhp0fFzwWNBkE&callback=initMap&libraries=&v=weekly&region=ES" defer ></script> <!-- jsFiddle will insert css and js --> </head> <body> <div id="map"></div> </body> </html>

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npx @googlemaps/js-samples init geocoding-region-es DESTINATION_FOLDER

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