On Jan 5, 4:29 pm, Chris Broadfoot <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Larry, > > Check the docs > here:http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.h...
Awsome. Didn't see that last night (didn't think to look for it in the regular v3 reference...) > > You can change units by specifying the 'radius' parameter from the default. > For example, if you want to perform calculations in miles, specify the > earth's radius as 3963.19 (only an approximation, of course) > > computeLength takes Array.<LatLng>, as does computeArea, but the path must > be closed. > > computeArea does not work on a google.maps.Polygon, you'll need to call > getPath/getPaths and pass through a single array of LatLngs. Thank you (and thank you for the time you and the other google engineers spend answering questions here)/ With the reference I could have answered my own questions. -- Larry > > Chris > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 5:20 PM, [email protected] > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > I just saw the neat API V3 Geometry Library > > >http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/geometry.html > > > The documentation seems a little thin right now. Some questions: > > - What units do computeLength and computeDistanceBetween return their > > results in? > > (I assumed meters, and that loooks to be correct) > > - Is there anyway to change those units? > > > - Does computeLength take a "path" an array of latlng objects (it > > doesn't seem to, how do we use it? > > It says this: You may instead use computeLength() to calculate the > > length of a given path if you have several locations > > > - Does computeArea take a path? Will it work on a google.maps.Polygon? > > > The examples don't include the length or area methods. > > > Thanks, > > Larry > > > -- > > 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%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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
