Google Maps choose zoom to fit country TIGHTLY in given window

Question

I am just starting out with the Google Maps API. I have successfully managed to create a map centered on a given country

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Answer 1

It's not possible. The zoom of a map may only be set to integer-values, but what you're trying to achieve would require a float-value.

Go to http://gmaps-samples-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/geocoder/v3-geocoder-tool.html#q%3Dfrance

The blue rectangle marks the viewport, when you increase the zoom by 1 the blue rectangle will not fit into the container.

Answer 2

You are using wrong object property. geometry.position is undefined. You have to use geometry.location and you will get better map without map.fitBounds()