[OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers and Google v3.6 geocoder x and y variable name change ?

[Zac Spitzer]

are you using an api key and are you violating their TOS?

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 4:05 PM, karsten <karsten at terragis.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have been using the Google v3 geocoder
> <script type="text/javascript"
> src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&v=3.6"></script>
> in conjunction with OpenLayers in some web gis projects for a while very low
> volume ... Some months ago the geocoder (at least the way I out it in)
> ceased to work correctly and I checked in Firebug what was wrong. Apparently
> Google changed the name of the x and y variables for the coordinates . No
> idea why - but when I updated to what I saw in firebug it worked again. Now
> today (or some days back) apparently Google did another change again ..
> Again no idea why
> So my line of code below previous did get me the coordinates  I wanted to
> zoom the map to:
>
> treffer_zoom(results[0].geometry.location.Sa
> ,results[0].geometry.location.Ra);
>
> so Sa and Ra variable names for the coordinates - but now firebugs shows
> that the names are now 'a' and 'ab' - what the heck ?
> Has anyone an idea why this happened, if Google does this on purpose to
> break sites or if there is a better way to avoid this every other couple of
> month to happen ?
>
> Cheers
> Karsten
>
> Karsten Vennemann
> Principal
>
> Terra GIS LTD
> www.terragis.net
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Users mailing list
> Users at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users
>



-- 
Zac Spitzer
Solution Architect / Director
Ennoble Consultancy Australia
http://www.ennoble.com.au
http://zacster.blogspot.com
+61 405 847 168