Google Maps API 3 - limit pan/map bounds

Question

I am completely new to Google Maps and am just creating my first map so that I can incorporate it into my website.

I am trying to limit the area that the user can m

Answer 1

Just for anyone who stumbles upon the now-outdated info on this page as I did, the maps API now provides a built-in way to restrict the map viewport bounds via the restriction property of the MapOptions interface, see docs here. This example restricts north-south panning from showing Antarctica:

function initMap() {
    map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
      center: {lat: 20, lng: -52},
      zoom: 3,        
      restriction: {latLngBounds:{north: 83.8, south: -57, west: -180, east: 180}}
    }); 
}