"google is not defined" when using Google Maps V3 in Firefox remotely

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Here's my conundrum: I have a page that uses Google Maps V3 and jQuery. It all worked well locally in FF5, Chrome and Safari.

Once I uploaded to a web site, I get a "google is not defined" error on the first line that I try to use a google object

var defaultLocation = new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng);

It only occurs in FF and only occurs remotely (i.e., if I load the file into FF locally, it works well). Chrome and Safari seem to be working great regardless, as is my Android and iPod browsers.

Here's what I tried so far:

  1. Moved <script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script> to top of the <head> section.
  2. Moved all content of $(function() {...}); to a function called initialize() and added <body onload="initialize()">
  3. Played with scripts and css files order
  4. Pasted the URL http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false into FF address box and verified I'm getting the legit script

But since this is only happening in FF on a remote machine and works well otherwise, I don't think it has anything to do with my code. Maybe the load order in FF5 is screwed. Maybe it prioritizes network resources differently than other browsers. I really do not know what to make of it at this point.

Any help is appreciated.
Guy

Update:
Just wanted to add the following fact: After trying the previous on a Mac, I tried FF5 in Windows, and have replicated the exact same behavior.
For good measure, I tried Pale Moon as well - same results. Chrome 14, Opera 11.50 and even frickin' IE9 (which wasn't included in the test plan) work. It just FF5, now on both Mac and Windows 7, that fails on that page.

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15 Answers

I had the same error "google is not defined" while using Gmap3. The problem was that I was including 'gmap3' before including 'google', so I reversed the order:

<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="/assets/gmap3.js?body=1" type="text/javascript"></script>
user_1347580

instead of this

var defaultLocation = new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng);

use this

var defaultLocation = new window.google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng);

and this worked for me.

user_119322590

I think the easiest trick is:

<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR API KEY&callback=initMap">google.maps.event.addDomListener(window,'load', initMap);</script>

It will init the map when your app is ready.

Check this.

user_115054130

In my case I was loading the google script via http while my server had SSL and its being loaded over https. So I had to load script via https

user_95188470

If you have mentioned a call back function in API call, you should wrap your google map code inside a JavaScript function with same name. Else you will get this error.

user_67782700
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