Radius of “viewable” region in google maps v3

Question

I need to know how to retrieve the radius of the viewable zoom level in google maps API v3.

For example, if I am at zoom level 3, and depending on the users screen s

Answer 1

I also refactored Eric's answer, mine is as a standalone function, and am returning the result in meters (as needed by the Places API search.

function getBoundsRadius(bounds){
  // r = radius of the earth in km
  var r = 6378.8
  // degrees to radians (divide by 57.2958)
  var ne_lat = bounds.getNorthEast().lat() / 57.2958
  var ne_lng = bounds.getNorthEast().lng() / 57.2958
  var c_lat = bounds.getCenter().lat() / 57.2958
  var c_lng = bounds.getCenter().lng() / 57.2958
  // distance = circle radius from center to Northeast corner of bounds
  var r_km = r * Math.acos(
    Math.sin(c_lat) * Math.sin(ne_lat) + 
    Math.cos(c_lat) * Math.cos(ne_lat) * Math.cos(ne_lng - c_lng)
    )
  return r_km *1000 // radius in meters
}