Question
How to localize text displayed in ( google ) address map control
Address Map control always displays the text in map in English, irrespective of the locale of the user. How do we configure the control to display text based on the user's locale
Thanks Santanu.
Actually my browsers' default locale (see below screenshot) is set to italy. However the control is still displaying in english text.
Accepted Solution
Hi Avinash,
Even though your browser locale is Italiano, the language in which the address displays is depend on the location you select. If you pin some location in Spain, the language in which the address will be displayed is Spanish, like wise if you pin some location in France, the language of the address would be in French, so on. I believe there is no need of translations in displaying the address. Because I believe the address are fed in google map in respective local language.
Please play around with this and let me know if this helps.
I think the translation is irrelevant in this case, please correct me if I am wrong.
May be you can try parsing the address and display these below caption in localized language
example:
Flat # (Localize this caption) : Display the value
Street Name (Localize this caption) :
City (Localize this caption) :
State (Localize this caption) :
Pin (Localize this caption) ;
Country (Localize this caption) :
Thanks,
Gowrishankar.
You're right...
Google maps by default displays the text in english and the corresponding country's local language.
I have tested with Lat,Long as 13.051546, 105.037772 in the map control and it displayed the text in english and the local language of that country.
Hi
As far as I know, the language of the map automatically adaptes thee language settings of the visitor's browser. So may be it is a good idea to change the browser locale and check the behavior.