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JavaScript

Dee Barizo
Dee Barizo
8,402 Points
Posted by Dee Barizo
Dee Barizo
8,402 Points

Adding a Dynamic Map, Task 6/7 (Not Passing)

Here is my code:

var mapElement = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),
        mapOptions);

It seems like it should pass but it's not passing. I used the same code on the Google Maps API except for changing the id to "map".

Here is the instructions: Set the "mapElement" using the native "document" object and the method "getElementById" and pass in the id for the "map".

Thanks.

6 Answers

Rafael Louro
Rafael Louro
4,699 Points
Rafael Louro
Rafael Louro
4,699 Points

Declare the div#map before the script tag, did work here.

Dee Barizo
Dee Barizo
8,402 Points
Dee Barizo
Dee Barizo
8,402 Points

I figured it out. :)

It's supposed to be:

var mapElement = document.getElementById("map");
Steven Wade
Steven Wade
6,425 Points

That doesn't work for me.

Michael Avery
Michael Avery
10,568 Points
Michael Avery
Michael Avery
10,568 Points

That's not working for me. Any ideas..?

David Badillo
PLUS
David Badillo
Courses Plus Student 7,046 Points
David Badillo
David Badillo
Courses Plus Student 7,046 Points

Neither of the proposed answers above (from OP and from Dee Barizo) work for me either. Could it possibly be some type of bug?

Nick Manring
Nick Manring
11,369 Points
Nick Manring
Nick Manring
11,369 Points

Afraid to ask another question on the forum from getting flack from "following videos too closely" I was glad to find others in this same issue.

Task one just says to make a div with ID = map. But it doesn't declare where the div should close. So natrually I just put it together in one place.

After a day or two I'm glad to finally find the result.

Here is the entire <body> from my code challenge that passed.

<body> <div id="map"> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyAn8fk75K8kCdW6pQ4B7yoBHJNrUbleieY&sensor=false"></script> </div>
<script type="text/javascript"> var mapOptions = { center: new google.maps.LatLng(28.42, -81.58), zoom: 18, mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.SATELLITE };

  var mapElement = document.getElementById("map");
  var theMap;
</script>

</body>

Armand Ramirez
Armand Ramirez
4,016 Points
Armand Ramirez
Armand Ramirez
4,016 Points

Yes ... declare the <div id="map"> before the <script> tag. jquery is usually called in a $(document).ready(function(){ //script goes here }) That clears up referencing DOM elements that haven't been read yet by the browser.