Geocoding Component Restrictions

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This example creates a request to the geocoding service that restricts the results to a particular postal area within Sydney, Australia.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

function initMap(): void {
  const geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
  const map = new google.maps.Map(
    document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement,
    {
      zoom: 8,
      center: { lat: -33.865, lng: 151.209 },
    }
  );

  (document.getElementById("submit") as HTMLElement).addEventListener(
    "click",
    () => {
      geocodeAddress(geocoder, map);
    }
  );
}

function geocodeAddress(geocoder: google.maps.Geocoder, map: google.maps.Map) {
  geocoder
    .geocode({
      address: "483 George St.",
      componentRestrictions: {
        country: "AU",
        postalCode: "2000",
      },
    })
    .then(({ results }) => {
      map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
      new google.maps.Marker({
        map,
        position: results[0].geometry.location,
      });
    })
    .catch((e) =>
      window.alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + e)
    );
}

declare global {
  interface Window {
    initMap: () => void;
  }
}
window.initMap = initMap;
index.ts

JavaScript

function initMap() {
  const geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
  const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
    zoom: 8,
    center: { lat: -33.865, lng: 151.209 },
  });

  document.getElementById("submit").addEventListener("click", () => {
    geocodeAddress(geocoder, map);
  });
}

function geocodeAddress(geocoder, map) {
  geocoder
    .geocode({
      address: "483 George St.",
      componentRestrictions: {
        country: "AU",
        postalCode: "2000",
      },
    })
    .then(({ results }) => {
      map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
      new google.maps.Marker({
        map,
        position: results[0].geometry.location,
      });
    })
    .catch((e) =>
      window.alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + e)
    );
}

window.initMap = initMap;
index.js

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;
}

#floating-panel {
  position: absolute;
  top: 10px;
  left: 25%;
  z-index: 5;
  background-color: #fff;
  padding: 5px;
  border: 1px solid #999;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: "Roboto", "sans-serif";
  line-height: 30px;
  padding-left: 10px;
}

style.css

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Geocoding Component Restriction</title>
    <script src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=default"></script>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="floating-panel">
      <code>componentRestrictions: {country: "AU", postalCode: "2000"}</code
      ><br />
      <button id="submit">Geocode</button>
    </div>
    <div id="map"></div>

    <!-- 
      The `defer` attribute causes the callback to execute after the full HTML
      document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,
      and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises.
      See https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api
      for more information.
      -->
    <script
      src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly"
      defer
    ></script>
  </body>
</html>
index.html

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Clone Sample

Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application. 

  git clone -b sample-geocoding-component-restriction https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
  cd js-samples
  npm i
  npm start

Other samples can be tried by switching to any branch beginning with sample-SAMPLE_NAME. 

  git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
  npm i
  npm start