So I\'m trying to complete the simple task of getting json data from google, but this little bit of jquery code won\'t run. Will you please help me figure out why?
Yup, this is absolutely a Same Origin Policy bug.
It seems that the latest version of the Google Maps API (v3) does not support jsonp. As a result, if you want to geocode, you're going to need to use the maps api:
Other alternatives: