InvalidValueError: not an instance of HTMLInputElement

Question

FYI, I\'m not a JavaScript Ninja but felt like I\'ll become one when I did a lot of things based on Google Maps recently.

I implemented a map. User can search for go

Answer 1

Had the same issue while following the Google Tutorial. In my case the problem turned out to be the async keyword, which was causing the Google Maps script to execute asynchronously while the rest of the page continued parsing. Here's the fix:

1. Put the Google Maps script after the relevant HTML element (as pointed out by Prashant)
2. Call the Google Maps script using the defer keyword and not the async keyword. Code:

Using defer makes sure the script is executed when the page has finished parsing (source).