Here I am going to discuss a simple application to find your search location in the google map, by street, city, state, zip code wise. You can also search your location by Latitude and Longitude.
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<table width="300px" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="border: 1px solid maroon;">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<b>Search by Street, City, State and ZipCode</b>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Street
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtStreet" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
City
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtCity" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
State
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtState" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
ZipCode
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtZipCode" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<asp:Button ID="ButtonSearch" runat="server" Text="Search" OnClick="ButtonSearch_Click" /><br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<div>
</div>
<table width="300px" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="border: 1px solid maroon;">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<b>Search by Latitude and Longitude</b>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Latitude</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtLat" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Longitude</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtLong" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<asp:Button ID="ButtonLatLong" runat="server" Text="Search by Lat Long" OnClick="ButtonLatLong_Click" CausesValidation="false" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Add reference as follows:
Figure 1:
Figure 2:
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.Security
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts
Imports System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Partial Public Class _Default
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Private url As String
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
End Sub
Protected Sub ButtonSearch_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Try
Dim street As String = String.Empty
Dim city As String = String.Empty
Dim state As String = String.Empty
Dim zip As String = String.Empty
Dim queryAddress As New StringBuilder()
queryAddress.Append("http://maps.google.com/maps?q=")
If txtStreet.Text <> String.Empty Then
street = txtStreet.Text.Replace(" "c, "+"c)
queryAddress.Append(street + ","c + "+"c)
End If
If txtCity.Text <> String.Empty Then
city = txtCity.Text.Replace(" "c, "+"c)
queryAddress.Append(city + ","c + "+"c)
End If
If txtState.Text <> String.Empty Then
state = txtState.Text.Replace(" "c, "+"c)
queryAddress.Append(state + ","c + "+"c)
End If
If txtZipCode.Text <> String.Empty Then
zip = txtZipCode.Text.ToString()
queryAddress.Append(zip)
End If
url = queryAddress.ToString()
Response.Redirect(url, False)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message.ToString(), "Unable to Retrieve Map")
End Try
End Sub
Protected Sub ButtonLatLong_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
If txtLat.Text = String.Empty OrElse txtLong.Text = String.Empty Then
MessageBox.Show("Supply a latitude and longitude value", "Missing Data")
Exit Sub
End If
Try
Dim lat As String = String.Empty
Dim lon As String = String.Empty
Dim queryAddress As New StringBuilder()
queryAddress.Append("http://maps.google.com/maps?q=")
If txtLat.Text <> String.Empty Then
lat = txtLat.Text
queryAddress.Append(lat & "%2C")
End If
If txtLong.Text <> String.Empty Then
lon = txtLong.Text
queryAddress.Append(lon)
End If
url = queryAddress.ToString()
Response.Redirect(url, False)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message.ToString(), "Error")
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Output:
Figure 3:
Suppose you want to search Radisson hotel in Noida, India as follows:
Figure 4:
You will get the following search result with map.
Figure 5: