I\'m switching from v2 to v3 google maps api and got a problem with gMap.getBounds()
function.
I need to get the bounds of my map after its initializati
In other comments here, it's adviced to use the "bounds_changed" event over "idle", which I agree with. Certainly under IE8 which triggers "idle" before "bounds_changed" on my dev machine at least, leaving me with a reference to null on getBounds.
The "bounds_changed" event however, will be triggered continuously when you'll drag the map. Therefor, if you want to use this event to start loading markers, it will be heavy on your webserver.
My multi browser solution to this problem:
google.maps.event.addListenerOnce(gmap, "bounds_changed", function(){
loadMyMarkers();
google.maps.event.addListener(gmap, "idle", loadMyMarkers);
});
It should be working, atleast according to the documentation for getBounds(). Nevertheless:
var gMap;
$(document).ready(function() {
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(55.755327, 37.622166);
var myOptions = {
zoom: 12,
center: latlng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
gMap = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("GoogleMapControl"), myOptions);
google.maps.event.addListenerOnce(gMap, 'idle', function(){
alert(this.getBounds());
});
});
See it working here.
In the early days of the v3 API, the getBounds()
method required the map tiles to have finished loading for it to return correct results. However now it seems that you can listen to bounds_changed
event, which is fired even before the tilesloaded
event:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<title>Google Maps v3 - getBounds is undefined</title>
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"
type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map" style="width: 500px; height: 350px;"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
zoom: 12,
center: new google.maps.LatLng(55.755327, 37.622166),
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
});
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'bounds_changed', function() {
alert(map.getBounds());
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Well, i'm not sure if i'm too late, but here's my solution using gmaps.js plugin:
map = new GMaps({...});
// bounds loaded? if not try again after 0.5 sec
var check_bounds = function(){
var ok = true;
if (map.getBounds() === undefined)
ok = false;
if (! ok)
setTimeout(check_bounds, 500);
else {
//ok to query bounds here
var bounds = map.getBounds();
}
}
//call it
check_bounds();
I was saying Salman's solution is better because the idle
event is called earlier than the tilesloaded
one, since it waits for all the tiles to be loaded. But on a closer look, it seems bounds_changed
is called even earlier and it also makes more sense, since you're looking for the bounds, right? :)
So my solution would be:
google.maps.event.addListenerOnce(gMap, 'bounds_changed', function(){
alert(this.getBounds());
});