Clicking on Google Map link shows a map of the USA

[Martin Suttill]

The Google Map on our event page shows the correct map. But clicking on the link “+ Google Map” just opens the a map of the USA.

Please see here: http://www.fsdf.org.uk/event/fsdf-f-gas-summit/

Upgrading to version 3.9 does not resolve the issue. I think the error is linked to how the URL is encoded.

We also have placed the site on a single ip server and the issue still happens

[Brook]

Hello tinsterman,

I have seen this once before. Unfortunately it is not something we can really fix. We rely on Google Maps API to parse the addresses. It simply does a better job when parsed via PHP then it does through URLs. It’s sort of a bug with Google Maps!

However there is a solution. Visit this page, and type in whatever you have to in the search box to get Google to center on your venue. Then copy/paste that information exactly into your venue data. It should now be the same for both the embedded map and the link.

Does that make sense? Is there anything more I can do?

Cheers!

– Brook

[Martin Suttill]

Hi Brook
How can you copy and paste the url for a google map when the information is entered into a form?

Thanks anyway the issue seems to have been resolved on the Google side of things.

[Brook]

I am glad it was resolved.

I was not quite clear enough, you do not want to copy the URL. Rather copy the search term you input into Google that found the proper place, then paste that into the address field.

Please let us know if you need anything else. Cheers!

– Brook

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