Programming Tips - With Google Maps, how can I geo-search for one address and mark it

Date: 2010mar3 Language: javaScript Keywords: geocode Q. With Google Maps, how can I geo-search for one address and mark it with something else? A. Here you go:
map = new GMap2(document.getElementById('map_canvas')); geocoder = new GClientGeocoder(); function showAddress(geoaddress, displayaddress) { // Error checking removed geocoder.getLatLng( geoaddress, function(point) { map.setCenter(point, 13); var marker = new GMarker(point); map.addOverlay(marker); marker.openInfoWindowHtml(displayaddress); } ); } function exampleUse() { showAddress('123 Main St, My Town', 'My House'); }