title: Creating a search form for generating a Google Map
body: <p>I have to create a form that accepts as its relevant parameter the name of an Italian city. Once submitted, the form value should be sent to the Google Maps service which should in turn return a complete map showing the location of that city. I'm pretty a newbie with Google Maps, so I don't know exactly how this could be done. I've already an API key and all the relevant Google's documentation but, gee, I didn't find a good tutorial that clearly explains all the steps required to make it work. I know that somewhere there must be a conversion to geocodes (latitude and longitude, I guess), but I don't really know much about that. Thanks to everyone who'll take the time to answer my question.  </p>