Initializing Javascript Google Maps issue

Question

I am having an issue initializing a map in the page. The code within my body tags is shown below:

<body>
      <div class="outer">
            <div class="header">
            </div>
            <div class="main">
                  <div id="map_canvas">
                  </div>
            </div>
            <div class="footer">
            </div>
              </div>
</body>

When I initialise the function on the main class, the map displays properly.

var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("main"), myOptions);

However when the map is initialised as shown below, it does not display at all on the page.

var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);

I am not sure what is causing this or how to fix it. Any help is greatly appreciated.

box86rowh · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-27 15:13:35Z

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Your map_canvas div needs to have its id set to "map_canvas" also be sure that the css for map_canvas div is set to have a width and height.

answered Aug 27, 2011 at 15:13

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kushaldsouza Over a year ago

sorry that was a mistake in my typing, the div had its id set to map_canvas. However, I had not set a width and height on it. This worked. Thanks for you help.

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