Auto-center map with multiple markers in Google Maps API v3

Question

This is what I use to display a map with 3 pins/markers:

Answer 1

Here's my take on this in case anyone comes across this thread:

This helps protect against non-numerical data destroying either of your final variables that determine lat and lng.

It works by taking in all of your coordinates, parsing them into separate lat and lng elements of an array, then determining the average of each. That average should be the center (and has proven true in my test cases.)

var coords = "50.0160001,3.2840073|50.014458,3.2778274|50.0169713,3.2750587|50.0180745,3.276742|50.0204038,3.2733474|50.0217796,3.2781737|50.0293064,3.2712542|50.0319918,3.2580816|50.0243287,3.2582281|50.0281447,3.2451177|50.0307925,3.2443178|50.0278165,3.2343882|50.0326574,3.2289809|50.0288569,3.2237612|50.0260081,3.2230589|50.0269495,3.2210104|50.0212645,3.2133541|50.0165868,3.1977592|50.0150515,3.1977341|50.0147901,3.1965286|50.0171915,3.1961636|50.0130074,3.1845098|50.0113267,3.1729483|50.0177206,3.1705726|50.0210692,3.1670394|50.0182166,3.158297|50.0207314,3.150927|50.0179787,3.1485753|50.0184944,3.1470782|50.0273077,3.149845|50.024227,3.1340514|50.0244172,3.1236235|50.0270676,3.1244474|50.0260853,3.1184879|50.0344525,3.113806";

var filteredtextCoordinatesArray = coords.split('|');    

    centerLatArray = [];
    centerLngArray = [];


    for (i=0 ; i < filteredtextCoordinatesArray.length ; i++) {

      var centerCoords = filteredtextCoordinatesArray[i]; 
      var centerCoordsArray = centerCoords.split(',');

      if (isNaN(Number(centerCoordsArray[0]))) {      
      } else {
        centerLatArray.push(Number(centerCoordsArray[0]));
      }

      if (isNaN(Number(centerCoordsArray[1]))) {
      } else {
        centerLngArray.push(Number(centerCoordsArray[1]));
      }                    

    }

    var centerLatSum = centerLatArray.reduce(function(a, b) { return a + b; });
    var centerLngSum = centerLngArray.reduce(function(a, b) { return a + b; });

    var centerLat = centerLatSum / filteredtextCoordinatesArray.length ; 
    var centerLng = centerLngSum / filteredtextCoordinatesArray.length ;                                    

    console.log(centerLat);
    console.log(centerLng);

    var mapOpt = {      
    zoom:8,
    center: {lat: centerLat, lng: centerLng}      
    };