SalesForce by Rajesh Kulkarni: Inline Google Maps using Visualforce

Sometime ago we’ve seen how to integrate Google Maps in a Salesforce.com page to pinpoint a specific address on the map, more precisely, how to add an inline map to pinpoint an Account Billing Address. I revisited the script I wrote more than a year ago and produced it as a Visualforce page, here’s the result.

The finished product

Here’s a screenshot of what we are going to get:
Inline Google Maps using Visualforce

Improvements

I’m now using Google Maps API v3, which makes the map faster to load and doesn’t require an API key anymore.
I removed the search term {!Account.BillingState}, so the script should now correctly map any address, not only US ones.
It degrades nicely if the Account Billing Address isn’t found, as shown below:

Setup

Follow the 3 steps below:

In Salesforce.com, navigate to Setup > Customize > Develop > Pages and create a new Visualforce Page with the following code:

 <apex:page standardController="Account">

<head>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript"> 

$(document).ready(function() {
  
  var myOptions = {
    zoom: 15,
    mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
    mapTypeControl: false
  }
  
  var map;
  var marker;
  
  var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
  var address = "{!Account.BillingStreet}, " + "{!Account.BillingCity}, " + "{!Account.BillingPostalCode}, " + "{!Account.BillingCountry}";
  
  var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
    content: "<b>{!Account.Name}</b><br>{!Account.BillingStreet}<br>{!Account.BillingCity}, {!Account.BillingPostalCode}<br>{!Account.BillingCountry}"
  });

  geocoder.geocode( { address: address}, function(results, status) {
    if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK && results.length) {
      if (status != google.maps.GeocoderStatus.ZERO_RESULTS) {
      
        //create map
        map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), myOptions);
      
        //center map
        map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
        
        //create marker
        marker = new google.maps.Marker({
            position: results[0].geometry.location,
            map: map,
            title: "{!Account.Name}"
        });
        
        //add listeners
        google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
          infowindow.open(map,marker);
        });
        google.maps.event.addListener(infowindow, 'closeclick', function() {
          map.setCenter(marker.getPosition()); 
        });
        
      }
      
    } else {
      $('#map').css({'height' : '15px'});
      $('#map').html("Oops! {!Account.Name}'s billing address could not be found, please make sure the address is correct.");
      resizeIframe();
    }
  });
  
  function resizeIframe() {
    var me = window.name;
    if (me) {
      var iframes = parent.document.getElementsByName(me);
      if (iframes && iframes.length == 1) {
        height = document.body.offsetHeight;
        iframes[0].style.height = height + "px";
      }
    }
  }
  
});
</script>

<style>
#map {
  font-family: Arial;
  font-size:12px;
  line-height:normal !important;
  height:250px;
  background:transparent;
}
</style>

</head>
 
<body>
<div id="map"></div> 
</body> 
</apex:page>

Add the Visualforce page on the Account page layout (in a single-column section) and set it’s height to be 250px.