Google Maps: Resolve "Location not found"

[Anonymous]

I’m using the front-end submit plugin. When creating an event front-end my users must fill in a location. I’ve been struggling with an error “Location not found” with both longitude and latitude values 0, hence wrong location displayed on the map.

I just discovered that the error was due to my API. As of now, there are 4 geo-related APIs you can activate:
Google Maps Geocoding API
Google Maps Geolocation API
Google Maps JavaScript API
Google Places API Web Service

I activated 3 of them (not the Geolocation API) and now the front-end location submit works fine.

I’m fairly new to APIs, so it might be obvious to others who are more skilled and familiar with this. I didn’t find this information anywhere in the documentation which is why I posted it here.

URL to the Google Console – search for “geo” in APIs:
https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library?q=geo

[Franky]

The only API that’s important here is ‘Google Maps JavaScript API’ I believe.

[Anonymous]

Hi Franky,

Thanks for a quick reply.

The error “Location not found” only occurred when submitting a location front-end (due to longitude and latitude values being 0). Submitting a location in the admin panel has been working the whole time. After enabling the Geocoding API in the Google Console, it works front-end, too. I don’t know if this is a general issue or just on my installation.

I haven’t been able to locate if it’s possible to let users edit an event front-end (in case they submit a wrong date and want to fix it afterwards). Can you clarify this?

[Franky]

For editing you’d need to be logged in, and then you can just as well point them to the backend for editing. You can even assign rights to people …
I have no intention of replicating all backend-functionality to a frontend form 🙂

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