vb.net google map

Admin Posts : 140 Join date : 2011-08-01

add text boxes to hold street, city, state and zip
Add search button
add : in the code first line
Imports System.Text

in the button click event (double click it and paste) :

Code:: Try
Dim streetaddr As String = ""
Dim cityaddr As String = ""
Dim stateaddr As String = ""
Dim zipaddr As String = ""
Dim AddrToSearch As New StringBuilder()
AddrToSearch.Append("http://maps.google.com/maps?q=")

' if there is street entry
If txtStreet.Text <> "" Then
streetaddr = txtStreet.Text.Replace(" ", "+")
AddrToSearch.Append(street + "," & "+")
End If

' if there is city entry
If txtCity.Text <> "" Then
cityaddr = txtCity.Text.Replace(" ", "+")
AddrToSearch.Append(city + "," & "+")
End If

' if there is state
If txtState.Text <> "" Then
stateaddr = txtState.Text.Replace(" ", "+")
AddrToSearch.Append(state + "," & "+")
End If

' if there is zip code
If txtZipCode.Text <> "" Then
zipaddr = txtZipCode.Text.ToString()
AddrToSearch.Append(zip)
End If

' pass the AddrToSearch value to web browser control
wbrowser.Navigate(AddrToSearch.ToString())

Catch ex As Exception

MessageBox.Show(ex.Message.ToString(), "Problem encountered while retrieving google map")

End Try

search the map by latitude and longitude add theire textboxes and button in it's event paste :

Code:: Try
Dim latitude As String = ""
Dim longitude As String = ""
Dim AddrToSearch As New StringBuilder()
AddrToSearch.Append("http://maps.google.com/maps?q=")

' if there is latitude
If txtLatitude.Text <> "" Then
latitude = txtLatitude.Text
AddrToSearch.Append(latitude & "%2C")
End If

' if there is longitude
If txtLongitude .Text <> "" Then
longitude = txtLongitude .Text
AddrToSearch.Append(longitude)
End If

' pass the AddrToSearch value to web browser control
wbrowser.Navigate(AddrToSearch.ToString())

Catch ex As Exception

MessageBox.Show(ex.Message.ToString(), "Problem encountered while retrieving google map")

End Try