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[Documentation] Clarify the `zoom` requirement in the `ll` parameter in Google Maps API

Open marm123 opened this issue 2 years ago • 1 comments

Currently, our documentation states that the zoom parameter is optional, while in fact it is required in the ll parameter. The ll parameter is optional itself, but if used, it needs to contain the zoom value as well.

Current state: image

Error when searching without the zoom part of the ll parameter: image

Google Maps ll parameter documentation

marm123 avatar Nov 14 '23 13:11 marm123

Good idea @marm123. As an additional note, customers sometimes mistakenly think zoom is its own parameter. We can clarify this as well.

schaferyan avatar Nov 14 '23 17:11 schaferyan

The documentation has been updated to better clarify this: Google Maps ll parameter documentation

The page now also includes an informational box at the top to give further detail on it: Note on Geographic Location and Search Queries

dsojevic avatar Dec 02 '24 23:12 dsojevic