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JavaScript

Posted by Jim Shook
Jim Shook
4,871 Points

On line 27, set the variable "infoWindow" to a "new google.maps.InfoWindow"

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/adding-info-windows

It looks like for the first challenge, you have to set the variable on line 17, not on line 27 as it says.

At least for me, setting var infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({content:"Magic Kingdom"}); on line 17 passed when it did not pass by declaring it on line 27.

1 Answer

Andrew Chalkley
STAFF
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Andrew Chalkley
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest Teacher

This code works for me:

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 = new google.maps.Map(mapElement, mapOptions);
var markers = new Array();

var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();

var geocoderOptions = {address: "Magic Kingdom, Disney World"};

var markerImage;
var infoWindow;

geocoder.geocode(
    geocoderOptions,
    function(results, status) {
        if(status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
            var marker = new google.maps.Marker({map: theMap, position: results[0].geometry.location});
            markers.push(marker);
            bounds.extend(results[0].geometry.location);
            theMap.fitBounds(bounds);
            infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({content:"Magic Kingdom"});

        }
    }
)

If you put var infront on line 27 it probably won't work as it's keeping that particular infoWindow defined in the scope of geocoder callback.