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

[karsten]

Not that I know of at least :)

I am using 
<script  type="text/javascript"
src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&v=3.6"></script>
To include the api, have an open aecssible map ,thats all ..
Karsten

-----Original Message-----
From: Zac Spitzer [mailto:zac.spitzer at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:30 PM
To: karsten at terragis.net
Cc: openlayers-users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers and Google v3.6 geocoder x and y
variable name change ?

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"></scri
> pt> 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
>
>
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