I'm creating a custom google map that has 125 markers plotted via a cms. When loading the map I get this message:
Geocode was not successful for the following reason: OVER_QUERY_LIMIT
I'm pretty sure it's the way in which I've geocoded the markers.
How can I avoid these warnings and is there a more efficient way to geocode the results?
UPDATE: This is my attempt at Casey's answer, I'm just getting a blank page at the moment.
<script type="text/javascript">
(function() {
window.onload = function() {
var mc;
// Creating an object literal containing the properties we want to pass to the map
var options = {
zoom: 10,
center: new google.maps.LatLng(52.40, -3.61),
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
// Creating the map
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), options);
// Creating a LatLngBounds object
var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
// Creating an array that will contain the addresses
var places = [];
// Creating a variable that will hold the InfoWindow object
var infowindow;
mc = new MarkerClusterer(map);
<?php
$pages = get_pages(array('child_of' => $post->ID, 'sort_column' => 'menu_order'));
$popup_content = array();
foreach($pages as $post)
{
setup_postdata($post);
$fields = get_fields();
$popup_content[] = '<p>'.$fields->company_name.'</p><img src="'.$fields->company_logo.'" /><br /><br /><a href="'.get_page_link($post->ID).'">View profile</a>';
$comma = ", ";
$full_address = "{$fields->address_line_1}{$comma}{$fields->address_line_2}{$comma}{$fields->address_line_3}{$comma}{$fields->post_code}";
$address[] = $full_address;
}
wp_reset_query();
echo 'var popup_content = ' . json_encode($popup_content) . ';';
echo 'var address = ' . json_encode($address) . ';';
?>
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var markers = [];
// Adding a LatLng object for each city
for (var i = 0; i < address.length; i++) {
(function(i) {
geocoder.geocode( {'address': address[i]}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
places[i] = results[0].geometry.location;
// Adding the markers
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({position: places[i], map: map});
markers.push(marker);
mc.addMarker(marker);
// Creating the event listener. It now has access to the values of i and marker as they were during its creation
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
// Check to see if we already have an InfoWindow
if (!infowindow) {
infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
}
// Setting the content of the InfoWindow
infowindow.setContent(popup_content[i]);
// Tying the InfoWindow to the marker
infowindow.open(map, marker);
});
// Extending the bounds object with each LatLng
bounds.extend(places[i]);
// Adjusting the map to new bounding box
map.fitBounds(bounds)
} else {
alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status);
}
});
})(i);
}
var markerCluster = new MarkerClusterer(map, markers);
}
})
();
</script>
It doesn't really matter what the solution is as long as the markers load instantly and it's not breaking any terms & conditions.
