I entered the google maps website api and saw how to place and use the api on my site, but I was only able to make it register a place according to what the user types. For a better experience, I wanted that when the user clicked somewhere on the map, that latitude and longitude would be saved to the database. Does anyone have any idea how I can do this?
Note: It's not the location that the user is, but the one he clicks on.
<script>
function initialize() {
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-19.949132746636568, -44.194307630538844);
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
center: latlng,
zoom: 16,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
});
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: latlng,
draggable: true,
anchorPoint: new google.maps.Point(0, -29)
});
var input = document.getElementById('searchInput');
map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_LEFT].push(input);
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input);
autocomplete.bindTo('bounds', map);
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
autocomplete.addListener('place_changed', function() {
infowindow.close();
marker.setVisible(false);
var place = autocomplete.getPlace();
if (!place.geometry) {
window.alert("O local retornado pelo preenchimento automático não contém geometria!");
return;
}
if (place.geometry.viewport) {
map.fitBounds(place.geometry.viewport);
} else {
map.setCenter(place.geometry.location);
map.setZoom(17);
}
marker.setPosition(place.geometry.location);
marker.setVisible(true);
bindDataToForm(place.formatted_address,place.geometry.location.lat(),place.geometry.location.lng());
infowindow.setContent(place.formatted_address);
infowindow.open(map, marker);
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'dragend', function() {
geocoder.geocode({'latLng': marker.getPosition()}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
if (results[0]) {
bindDataToForm(results[0].formatted_address,marker.getPosition().lat(),marker.getPosition().lng());
infowindow.setContent(results[0].formatted_address);
infowindow.open(map, marker);
}
}
});
});
}
function bindDataToForm(address,lat,lng){
document.getElementById('location').value = address;
document.getElementById('lat').value = lat;
document.getElementById('lng').value = lng;
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>