I would use 2 separate mouse click events to generate the coordinates. Single clicks don't change the map state by default and like other mouse events contain the latLng data of the click.
But to your specific question, there isn't anything built into the API to handle this type of action directly. Chad Killingsworth On Aug 17, 12:19 pm, darkmalow <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all :) > > I'm still pretty new to the Google API but so far it's working great! > But I would like to know if it's possible to do something. > > I'm in the process of making a "coordinates picker" control, which is > pretty simple in the case of a simple click on the map. > > But there is a second functionnality of that picker that would allow > the user to draw with its mouse a rectangle, giving the top left anf > bottom right coordinates at the end. > > How could I achieve that? I thought about using dragstart and dragend > events on the Map, but I don,t want to map to scroll. Also, there is > maybe already a solution integrated in the API which would do that, > but then, I don't know what it would be! > > So thanks a lot for your help, I'm waiting for your tips! :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
