ansaurus

Question

Zoom and center a Google Map according to its markers (JavaScript API V3)

Answer 1

A:

Here is the way:

map.fitBounds(bounds);
map.setCenter(bounds.getCenter());

bounds is an array of the coordinates (markers). Every time when you place marker do something like:

bounds.extend(currLatLng);

Klark 2010-08-19 10:31:10

Answer 2

A:

Computing the right zoom to show all your markers isn't trivial. But there's a function for that: GMap.fitBounds() - you define a bound (for example, the most extreme points of all your marker coordinates) and it sets the map accordingly. See e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2494756/fitbounds-in-google-maps-api-v3-does-not-fit-bounds (the answer!) for a good example.

Nicolas78 2010-08-19 10:32:26

Answer 3

+1 A:

As the other answers suggested, the fitBounds() method should do the trick.

Consider the following example, which will generate 10 random points on the North East USA, and applies the fitBounds() method:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> 
<head> 
   <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> 
   <title>Google Maps LatLngBounds.extend() Demo</title> 
   <script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false" 
           type="text/javascript"></script> 
</head> 
<body> 
   <div id="map" style="width: 400px; height: 300px;"></div> 

   <script type="text/javascript"> 

   var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), { 
     mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN
   });

   var markerBounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();

   var randomPoint, i;

   for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
     // Generate 10 random points within North East USA
     randomPoint = new google.maps.LatLng( 39.00 + (Math.random() - 0.5) * 20, 
                                          -77.00 + (Math.random() - 0.5) * 20);

     // Draw a marker for each random point
     new google.maps.Marker({
       position: randomPoint, 
       map: map
     });

     // Extend markerBounds with each random point.
     markerBounds.extend(randomPoint);
   }

   // At the end markerBounds will be the smallest bounding box to contain
   // our 10 random points

   // Finally we can call the Map.fitBounds() method to set the map to fit
   // our markerBounds
   map.fitBounds(markerBounds);

   </script> 
</body> 
</html>

Refreshing this example many times, no marker ever goes outside the viewport:

fitBounds demo

Daniel Vassallo 2010-08-19 11:02:23

Thanks to all of you, that was exactlly what I was looking for !

Calou 2010-08-19 12:28:51

ansaurus

tags:

views:

answers:

Zoom and center a Google Map according to its markers (JavaScript API V3)

related questions