Well they aren't really related. However, you'll need a dummy overlay in order to get a hold of a projection object. You can use the projection object's methods to convert from latLng values to container position.
There has been lots of discussion on this: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/google-maps-js-api-v3/bSSFh8Y_ZxY/discussion Chad Killingsworth -- 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.
