Search was not successful for the requested address.

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  • September 30, 2019 at 6:14 pm #510958

    jkirker
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    I’ve got a fresh and unrestricted Google API key.
    When I do a search for a city (non-auto suggest) or zip/postal code, I get the following error:
    “Search was not successful for the requested address.”
    This is happening on several sites, but works on your demo here:
    https://wpgeo.directory/starter/search/?geodir_search=1&stype=gd_place&s=+&snear=oakland&sgeo_lat=37.8043514&sgeo_lon=-122.27116390000003

    What am I doing wrong?

    Thanks in advance,
    John

    September 30, 2019 at 6:15 pm #510959

    jkirker
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    September 30, 2019 at 7:06 pm #510970

    Guust
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    The demo uses the Google Map APIs, not OSM.
    Can you check the password please, so we can log in.
    Thanks

    September 30, 2019 at 7:23 pm #510973

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    September 30, 2019 at 9:01 pm #510989

    Guust
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    I think that the GeoLocation only works using the Google MAP API, but that key does not have billing added.
    I’ll get one of the developers to have a closer look too.
    Switching OSM and Google APIs shows the different errors.

    Thanks

    September 30, 2019 at 11:12 pm #511005

    jkirker
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    That was it. Oddly, using another API from a different site that they own using the same account (which uses the same billing info) and it’s working. Close it for now. Thank you again!

    October 1, 2019 at 6:42 am #511013

    Guust
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    You’re welcome 🙂

    October 2, 2019 at 4:15 am #511175

    jkirker
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    Curious if you think it might be possible at some point to serve OpenStreetMaps for maps but use Google for searches – simultaneously? Currently, the only way I can get things to work is to exclusively use Google – w/ OSM enabled, searches don’t seem to work.

    October 2, 2019 at 10:31 am #511222

    Kiran
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    Hi,

    At one time it loads only one API (either Google or OSM) for map & geolocation functionality.

    You can load Google API on search page but can’t load both APIs on same page.

    Kiran

    October 2, 2019 at 10:37 pm #511335

    jkirker
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    Thanks for the reply.

    I’m curious – Is there any way to work around this? For high-volume sites that display populated maps on every page, OSM does a great job and the price is right. But the search and directions don’t seem to work properly with OSM, so far that I can tell, unless I’m doing something wrong.

    In a perfect world, we might be able to display live maps with OSM but still search w/ Goog as they do a stellar job.

    Google also does a better job w/ lookups on the backend when placing pinpoints and finding streets and businesses.

    Again, it’d be great to somehow be able to use both – to take advantage of free while paying for limited use when necessary.

    PS. My site is pretty much dead now with only a few thousand visitors per day – but if I was back getting >1MM visitors per month, the google pricing would take a lot of my profits.

    October 4, 2019 at 1:31 pm #511608

    Kiran
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    Hi There,

    Currently it is not possible to use both APIs same time for different services. We implemented maps/geolocation functionality to use one API at one time.
    Loading both APIs at a same time may also affect side speed as it requires to load JavaScript libraries from both Google & OSM.

    Kiran

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