Google Maps deprecation notice

[kprovance]

Saw this notice in the console today while testing:

As of February 21st, 2024, google.maps.Marker is deprecated. Please use google.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement instead. At this time, google.maps.Marker is not scheduled to be discontinued, but google.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement is recommended over google.maps.Marker. While google.maps.Marker will continue to receive bug fixes for any major regressions, existing bugs in google.maps.Marker will not be addressed. At least 12 months notice will be given before support is discontinued. Please see https://developers.google.com/maps/deprecations for additional details and https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/advanced-markers/migration for the migration guide.)

Might want to update that.

[kprovance]

Needs testing on a live server since Google restricts Map JS on local installs.

[kprovance]

So, the 'places' API that makes the autocomplete work isn't working on a live site either. I don't think it's the code, as it basically follows the posted example. It may be in the way the APIs are set. I don't know. I need to research.

[kprovance]

The short version is Google is deprecating their Maps, Places, and Marker libraries. New versions and legacy versions just won't play well together and one thing or another breaks after fixing another.

The solution seems to be to rewrite the JavaScript with code for the new versions and dump the legacy stuff. It'll have to happen eventually, anyway. My plan is to take the sample code Google provides and adapt it to the extension and that should be that!

[kprovance]

And that should be that, at least, unless Google deprecates something else.