google-maps

Draw Cycle Overlay on google map

So, I'm on my quest on learning Google Map API. Right now, I want to draw a circular overlay on top of a particular point on map. I'm a little bit overwhelmed reading how google map API overlay algorithm work. Someone have the snippet? some rough algorithm is fine for me. ...

Google Maps API v3: How to remove an Event Listener?

How do I remove the 'bounds_changed' Event listener in Google Maps API v3? google.maps.event.removeListener(_???_); ...

Google Maps API v3: Earliest EVENT to inform me of the bounds?

Imagine you are going to a web site with an empty cache. In Google Maps API v3, what's the earliest event that will be triggered to inform me the bounds of the maps on initial load? In Google Maps v2 it was the 'loaded' event; however, this event is not present in v3 of the API. Would it be the 'bound_changed' event for v3 of the API?...

IE6: Doesn't load Google Maps API v3

I'm using the new Google Maps API v3. It works great with Firefox/Chromo/Safari but the map doesn't load in IE6. My map can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/ykzwb2 Any ideas why the page loads my map in all browsers except IE6? ...

Google Maps API v3: How to remove all markers?

In Google Maps API v2, if I wanted to remove all the map markers, I could simply do: map.clearOverlays(); How do I do this in Google Maps API v3? Looking at the Reference API, it's unclear to me. ...

Grabbing Google Directions gadget from Ajax call

I am trying to throw together a website using Ajax for the first time, to finally get with the times and figure it out. So far it is nothing but HTML pages and a bit of JS. Using some basic AJAX script I found online, I have the main index.htm which has a title, navigation, and content divs. The Ajax calls grab other content includes (wh...

Google Earth and Windows application

I have a C++ Windows application continually updating lat, long and altitude. I would like my application to incorporate Google Earth to visually "track it". Any advice or pointing in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks. ...

How do i open Google Maps for directions using coordinates on the iphone

I am using UIMapView to display locations on the iPhone. I want to do a directions from current location to the location of interest, I don't think its possible using MapKit (but if it is please inform) So I will open either the Google Maps application or safari to display it. Can i do this by specifying co-ordinates from (current locat...

Getting more than one twitter 's user tweets location and then mapping it onto Google Maps

Hello, I'm trying to create a mashup of a set list of tweets onto a Google Map. The code is in here. My problem is I don't know how to combine the user's location using the set.location function on their tweets (knowing that it's not going to be very fine grained, it just corresponds to what the user enters in their profile) onto a Goog...

SMS to iPhone app - Google Maps

is there a way to have a Map/GPS app hook into the iPhones SMS reader so that it can parse the message and map to that area? Specifically I'm thinking of a situation where I'm looking for someone's house and they text me their address. I would (from the SMS) be able to say "Map This" and that would send the text to the GPS app and get d...

Getting the pixel co-ordinates of a Google map marker

Is it possible to determine the pixel co-ordinates of a given marker, taking into account current zoom level and visible area of the map? ...

Google Maps API v3: InfoWindow not sizing correctly

Hi all It appears my InfoWindow, when you click on the home icon on my Google Maps v3, is not properly auto-sizing to the content of the InfoWindow. It gives scrollbars when it should not. The InfoWindow should be properly auto-sizing. Any ideas on why? Link below to live size. http://tinyurl.com/ygktsj Per request, the relevant Ja...

How to make and autocomplete address field with google maps api?

Using Google Maps API and JQuery I would like to have an Address field that when typing it will autocomplete the address entered there. How this could be achieved? ...

Google Map API v3 — set bounds and center

Hi, I've recently switched to Google Maps API V3. I'm working of a simple example which plots markers from an array, however I do not know how to center and zoom automatically with respect to the markers. I've searched the net high and low, including Google's own documentation, but have not found a clear answer. I know I could simply ...

iPhone UIScrollView multiple view scaling ?

I am trying to build a map with annotations very much like MKMapKit (google maps API) - but with custom maps for indoors. I have a PDF map (mapView) being loaded into a scroll view for the map as a CATiledLayer - this works great! I have a view annotationsView which draws the annotation bubble on top of the map exactly how I want it - b...

Combine KML Polygons in PHP

I have a problem with the Google Maps API only allowing 1000 features per map. In a database, I keep records of areas. Each area has associated with it a heap of KML polygon information, stored as an XML string. Each area is made up of one or more polygons. Given some user input, a handful of these areas are combined into one <Placemar...

Google Maps local search API: How to pass a query?

Is it possible to pass a search query to a Local search Google Maps object? I've found this: http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/localsearch/reference.html , but could not find a way to pass a query (i.e. "Pizza"). ...

How do I convert these coordinates to google map readable coordinates?

Hi guys I need to convert coordinates in the following form: N42-53.9° W072-16.2° INto something thats kinda like the following: -90.7311 0.346944 A php function would be greatly appreciated - or just a formula would also be nice enough :) ...

Google Maps not functioning for me

Hey all, My Google maps code is all squared away and valid, but it doesn't load on the page. Here is the page in question, I have full availability to code, not sure why it's breaking: http://whs.rjuhsd.us/calendar/map The Gmaps JS is in the header, with the correct key. Sensor is set to true, and the element is defined in the documen...

Launch Google maps app from iphone application

Hello, I'm trying to launch google maps from my iPhone application. The launching part works fine but since the iPhone 3.1 update (i think it was around this time) I get a zoomed out map of the US and Canada rather than zoomed in on my current location. Everything worked fine originally but sometime around the update things stopped wo...