Hi Gordon, take a look at the official Google documentation: for KML Layers: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/layer-kml
the KML layer option "preserveViewport" specifies that the map should not be adjusted to the bounds of the KmlLayer’s contents see: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/kmllayer ralf -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.