How to offset the center of a Google maps (API v3) in pixels?

Question

I was wondering if it is possible to offset the center of a map in Google maps api v3. I would like to control this offset in pixels, since by lat and lng seems wrong and very difficult to predict.

I just need to place a marker, and then offset the center by 250px so I can place some other content in the middle of the map.

Hope someone can help!

Answer 1

Have a look at the MapCanvasProjection object - http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html#MapCanvasProjection

You can get the map center latLng (map.getCenter()) then convert that to the container pixel coordinates with fromContainerPixeltoLatLng()