Gmap based on node's address

Hello, everyone.

For some reason, I can't seem to get my head wrapped around the Gmaps module and how it integrates with the location module. I have both installed, I have my Google Maps API key, etc.

I'm currently building a local music site which will display a number of different venues within a city. I'm going to allow users to submit new venues, and I'd like to display a Google Map along with the venue's information.

This seems pretty simple...and maybe I'm over thinking things, but is there a way for a map to be dynamically generated based on an address (not a latitude or longitude)? It would be a huge pain for users to have to generate a macro map for every venue they enter...but is that what needs to be done? Can't the map just be generated based on what is entered for the street address, city, state and zip code?

I'm getting pretty frustrated and unfortunately, the sites I've looked at for help haven't helped me much.

The http://photo-tips.ca/ site appears to achieve what I'm trying to do on its "bridges" pages. You click on a bridge photo, and a block on the left side displays a map with the bridge's location.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and help.