> From your code, it seems like the zoom extents are based on > where the markers that are most wide apart are.
Exactly. The last line of populateMap() map.fitBounds(markerBounds); makes that. If you delete that line, you have to give both 'center' and 'zoom' in mapOpts. I can see, you have zoom missing. -- 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 google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.