Region code biasing (ES)

by Dhruvang Gajjar

HTML

<div id="map"></div>
<!-- Replace the value of the key parameter with your own API key. -->
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk&region=ES&callback=initMap"
        async defer></script>

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;
}

JavaScript

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