http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html#DirectionsRequest
Did you try setting optimizeWaypoints:true ? On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 1:10 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > On Nov 3, 6:33 pm, Kevin Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Understood.. I do have one more question, in regular google map > waypoints, > > there is a way to change the order by dragging the marker say for example > > a,b,c,d,e and f and switch c with d.. Is that possible with API??? > > That sounds like a user interface question, which is not defined by > the API. I have no idea how you would implement something like that > though. The most common interface I have seen for reordering > waypoints is the one that I have seen in Google Maps, where you can > swap any two waypoints in a list, but not by dragging on a map. > > I guess I could see putting a selector in an infowindow on a marker to > allow adding an order to them. > (click on marker A and change it to be marker E or whatever the next > time directions are requested) > I just don't understand how by dragging the markers you could change > the order... > > I implemented something for the v2 directions service where I geocoded > the entered address and if multiple results were returned, you could > click on one to make it the "active" result. > > -- Larry > > > > > Thanks! > > > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 6:44 PM, [email protected] > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Nov 3, 3:48 pm, Kevin Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Larry, > > > > > > I did pass them in the order based upon in what I told you.. It > seems > > > the > > > > array is picking up the address based upon the order in the listbox > and > > > what > > > > I have chosen.. > > > > > Maybe I don't understand you but I clicked on the bottom entry in the > > > list box first, then on the second. This is the order that appears in > > > the waypts array you are sending to the directions service: > > > Plato Center, IL > > > Dekalb, IL > > > > > Your code that generates the waypoints array goes through the dropdown > > > in list order, not in order selected. If you want it to do that you > > > _have_ to write code to capture the order the waypoints are selected > > > in. And again, that is not a maps API issue, but a DHTML/javascript > > > issue. > > > > > -- Larry > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:18 PM, [email protected] > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > On Nov 3, 1:22 pm, Kevin Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > Based on the link below: > > > > > > > >http://kevincdavis.net/map_temp.php > > > > > > > > there is a map with waypoints, what I would like to do is show > the > > > > > > directions based on the items I select in the list box. For > example I > > > > > > would choose the 3rd location, then the 1st location, and the 4th > > > > > > location in that order I have described. However, Google choose > the > > > > > > best route even though I have turned off the Route Optimization. > > > > > > > Google does them in the order you pass them in in the call. Have > you > > > > > made sure that you change the order of the waypoints you send in > the > > > > > request based on the order of selection? That part doesn't have > > > > > anything to do with the maps API. > > > > > > > -- Larry > > > > > > > > I just need some advise if that can be done or not.. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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]<google-maps-js-api-v3%[email protected]> > <google-maps-js-api-v3%2b[email protected]> > > > <google-maps-js-api-v3%2b[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.-Hide > > > quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > -- > > > 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]<google-maps-js-api-v3%[email protected]> > <google-maps-js-api-v3%2b[email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.- Hide > quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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]<google-maps-js-api-v3%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. 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