Be aware that a circle will not define a radius properly. Since the map stretches the latitude in relation to the longitude, a circle will be (as a unit measurement) have different dimensions in the north-south direction as opposed to the east-west direction. If you want to represent a radius on the map, you'll need to use a polygon with correctly defined coordinates. Not difficult but harder than a plain circle.
The circle function (google.maps.Circle) doesn't handle this issue correctly. Circles should appear "egg" shaped on the map, especially at higher latitudes. Instead, they appear perfectly circular, so they are not truly defined by meters as the documentation states. This may not matter in your application but I suggest keeping it in mind in case you find your results are confusing. -John Coryat http://maps.huge.info http://www.zipmaps.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-js-api-v3/-/i4dKtBnKzaQJ. 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.
