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    Moved  lt script type  text javascript  src  http   maps google com maps api js sensor false  gt  lt  script gt  to top of the  lt head gt  section  Moved all content of   function           to a function called initialize   and added  lt body onload  initialize    gt  Played with scripts and css files order 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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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

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Add the type for the script   lt script src  https   maps googleapis com maps api js  type  text javascript  gt  lt  script gt    So the important part is the  type text javascript

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Another suggestion that helped me   Here is what happent to me    My script was working once in 3 time I was loading the page and the error was the   google is not defined     My function using the google map was in my jQuery document s ready function    function         Here was my logic      I simply added this code to make sure it works     function         window  load function             Here is my logic now              It works like a charm  If you want more details on difference between document ready and window load  here is a great post about it  window onload vs   document  ready       The ready event occurs after the HTML document has been loaded  while   the onload event occurs later  when all content  e g  images  also has   been loaded       The onload event is a standard event in the DOM  while the ready event   is specific to jQuery  The purpose of the ready event is that it   should occur as early as possible after the document has loaded  so   that code that adds functionality to the elements in the page doesn t   have to wait for all content to load

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I think the easiest trick is    lt script src  https   maps googleapis com maps api js key YOUR API KEY amp callback initMap  gt google maps event addDomListener window  load   initMap   lt  script gt    It will init the map when your app is ready   Check this

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I faced  google is not defined  several time  Probably Google Script has some problem not to be loaded well with FF-addon BTW  FF has restart option   like window reboot   Help   restart with Add-ons Disabled

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Please check the order you are calling  your libraries  the following order    lt script type    text javascript  src       resources googleMaps jquery-ui js  gt  lt  script gt   lt script type    text javascript  src       resources googleMaps jquery-ui min js  gt  lt  script gt   lt script type    text javascript  src  http   maps googleapis com maps api  METOD  lt script type    text javascript  src    googleMaps mapa js  gt  lt  script gt     I was with this problem  I just adjusted my order

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You can try the following   First  add async defer  This specifies that the script will be executed asynchronously as soon as it is available and when the page has finished parsing    Second  add the initMap   function as a callback in a script tag inside your html  In this way the map will be initialized before the document ready and window onload     lt script async defer src      https   maps googleapis com maps api js key  key amp language    language   amp region    country   amp callback initMap      gt  lt  script gt    lt script gt      var map      function initMap             map   new google maps Map document getElementById  map                  center   lat  -34 397  lng  150 644               zoom  4              disableDefaultUI  false              scrollwheel  false              styles                               lt  script gt     Finally  you can use the map object inside your js files

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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

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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    lt script src  https   maps googleapis com maps api js sensor false  type  text javascript  gt  lt  script gt   lt script src   assets gmap3 js body 1  type  text javascript  gt  lt  script gt

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Try using this    lt script src  http   maps googleapis com maps api js sensor false  gt  lt  script gt

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Changed the       lt script type  text javascript  src  https   maps googleapis com maps api js key API  gt         function                myMap                      lt  script gt    and made it    lt script type  text javascript  gt        function                myMap                      lt  script gt   lt script type  text javascript  src  https   maps googleapis com maps api js key API  gt  lt  script gt    It worked

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try this    lt script src  https   maps googleapis com maps api js  gt  lt  script gt    it works for me    the point is  change HTTP to HTTPS

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I don t know for sure but here are my best suggestions   You re using jQuery  So instead of setting the  event you should really be using   function            to do your initialization  The reason to use this is that it ensures that all the scripts on the page have loaded and you re not limited to just one init function like you are with the onload body tag    Also  be sure your Javascript code is after the Google include  Otherwise your code might execute before the Google objects are created   I would also suggest taking a look at this page about event order   http   dean edwards name weblog 2005 09 busted

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From Firefox 23  there is Mixed Content Blocking Enabled set by default  locally disabled   It blocks some APIs from Google also if you use secure connection and some unsecure APIs   To disable it you ll have to click shield which appears in location bar when there are some unsecure contents  set  Disable protection  and then you ll have to look at yellow exclamation  mark in location bar     https   blog mozilla org     mixed-content-blocking-enabled-in-firefox-23   You can always try also replace http protocol with https in the API url  If API is provided also in secure connection - you will not see any warnings   It works for me

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