Re: [Google Maps API v3] Map marker color-shift?

2013-01-22 Thread JFrancis
That's got it. Thanks! So, is the point of being able to specify a color so you can re-use a single, neutral-color icon, and apply "tints" to it via the KML when it is rendered on a map? JF Rossko Sent by: google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com 01/17/2013 03:55 PM Please respond to googl

Re: [Google Maps API v3] Map marker color-shift?

2013-01-17 Thread JFrancis
ual pixels, and if you roll the mouse around it will show you the color value under the mouse pointer, in either hex or RGB format. (Right click the titlebar and select the format from the Options dialog.) -Mike On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 12:42 PM, JFrancis wrote: Has anyone else noticed a sh

[Google Maps API v3] Map marker color-shift?

2013-01-17 Thread JFrancis
Has anyone else noticed a shift in the color of a marker when placed on a map, and the same image when it is inserted onto a web page? I'm looking at a map where I have several makers of different colors next to a "legend" describing each of the markers, and the markers on the map are decidedly

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Quick Noob Q

2011-12-21 Thread JFrancis
I'm not seeing any reference to the API key in this document. If I click on the update link ( http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2011/10/introduction-of-usage-limits-to-maps.html) and click the limits link ( http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#usagelimits), I am taken to the FAQ page

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Avoding the secure/unsecure warning

2011-12-21 Thread JFrancis
You're in luck: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/basics.html#HTTPS We had the same issue with a Search provider of ours when their tool is displayed on the secure pages of our website. Once they provided us with an https link, the problem went away. JF -- You receive

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Quick Noob Q

2011-12-21 Thread JFrancis
Say what now? One of the big selling points of v3, touted early and often, was the elimination of the need for an API key. When did this recommendation first appear, and if it has been indeed for some time now, why have none of the v3 sample maps been updated to reflect this change in policy?

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Google map doesn't work on IE9 mobile on Windows phone

2011-12-09 Thread JFrancis
Could you elaborate on your statement "Windows phone is not supported?" Your link would seem to indicate the browser, yet my understanding is Windows 7 Phone runs a version of Internet Explorer Mobile with a rendering engine which is based on IE 9. JF -- You received this message because you

[Google Maps API v3] Re: TOS: Is it violated if 3rd party posts a link to our app on a forum that requires a fee for reading the forum?

2011-12-02 Thread JFrancis
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this sounds very similar to the bane of webmasters everywhere, image hot-linking. There are several solutions, from benign to nefarious, out there to combat this, using .htaccess if you're on Apache or ISAPI Rewrite for IIS. Perhaps one of these could be adapted for

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Android and pinch-to-zoom

2011-09-30 Thread JFrancis
So 3.0 is the lowest version Android which supports pinch-to-zoom? Why no versions prior to that? JF -- 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/goo

[Google Maps API v3] "Return to last result" icon in Pan control

2011-09-28 Thread JFrancis
I really liked the functionality the "hand" icon in the middle of the v3-style Pan control (in the V2 API, the center button with 4 arrows pointing inward) gave when clicked, typically resetting the view of the map to when the page was initially loaded. Tired of waiting for Google to do anythin

[Google Maps API v3] Android and pinch-to-zoom

2011-09-26 Thread JFrancis
I see the last conversation around this was about a year ago, and unless I completely missed it, I have not seen any headway being made, other than "it's the Android Team's issue," "it's the hardware's issue," and the like. So, have we gotten any closer to having the ability, like on the iPhone,

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Google Maps Red Marker in Company Logo - is it legal?

2011-09-22 Thread JFrancis
I walked in to a local business yesterday, and saw something similar to this stuck to the door: http://cdn.thenextweb.com/google/files/2010/12/hotpot2.png Doing a Google search for "google maps sticker" brought additional examples, all of which use the ubiquitous red marker. So I would say the us

[Google Maps API v3] Re: About not appear on the map

2011-09-15 Thread JFrancis
The map appears, however, Firefox's Error Console is catching this string of errors: Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "An invalid or illegal string was specified" code: "12" nsresult: "0x8053000c (NS_ERROR_DOM_SYNTAX_ERR)" location: "http://maps.gstatic.com/intl/ en_us/mapfiles/api-3/6/4

[Google Maps API v3] Re: KML Map and external anchor.

2011-09-02 Thread JFrancis
I believe you are looking for something like Mike Williams' "Clickable Sidebar" which loads the data from an XML file: http://www.geocodezip.com/v3_MW_example_map3.html There are others here who have accomplished the same thing with KML files. JF -- You received this message because you are su

[Google Maps API v3] Re: KML sidebar and info window

2011-08-31 Thread JFrancis
That's looking real good, Luke. Keep in mind you can also wrap everything in the description node in one or more tags and style the contents with CSS, so if you want to pin the image to one side or the other of the text, change the font face, point size, color, and so on, you can do that as well.

[Google Maps API v3] Re: KML sidebar and info window

2011-08-30 Thread JFrancis
Since you have the node declared and populated with , have you tried adding the information to the node as HTML, like this? JF -- 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-

[Google Maps API v3] Re: KmlLayer phone number clickable on mobile phone?

2011-08-25 Thread JFrancis
I was noticing the same issue while developing a mobile version of our outages map. The iPhone and Android devices "helpfully" wrap telephone numbers displayed on a page in code to trigger the dialing function of the phone, but do nothing for telephone numbers that appear in Google Maps Info Wi

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Hide/show infoboxes?

2011-08-18 Thread JFrancis
In my case, it is within my geocode code. The address is searched, the marker appears, and an infoWindow opens. I did it this way because I also have markers on the map which are created using a KML file, and before implementing this change, I would get 2 open infoWindows, one for the geocoded mark

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Hide/show infoboxes?

2011-08-18 Thread JFrancis
Hiding the previously-displayed Info Window when a different marker is clicked looks something like this: if (infowindow) { infowindow.close(); infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow(); } else { infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow(); } IF (the variable) "infowindow" i

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Tabbed Infowindow

2011-08-02 Thread JFrancis
On Firefox, this only works for the first marker or sidebar link which is clicked and then its corresponding info window is closed. After that, when a marker or item on the sidebar is clicked, the info window does not open and the error reported is "document.getElementById("tabs-1") is null." The

[Google Maps API v3] Re: is it possible to open infowindow from html link in the page?

2011-07-22 Thread JFrancis
I just completed two maps that include that very ability. I used this example: http://www.geocodezip.com/v3_MW_example_categories.html as my starting point. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To view this discuss

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Data Retrieval

2011-05-31 Thread JFrancis
The name of the process you're interested in is "geocoding." Geocoding can return a plethora of information based on the location of the marker. To get an idea of what geocoding can do, start here: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/services.html#Geocoding A little further d

[Google Maps API v3] Joseph Francis is out of the office.

2011-04-21 Thread JFrancis
I will be out of the office starting 04/21/2011 and will not return until 04/26/2011. In my absense please contact Brad Nordeng at 252-7915. -- 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 API v3] Re: administrative_level_3 and sublocality_level_3

2011-04-06 Thread JFrancis
Now if only those individual elements were as easy to access as they were in the v2 API, without requiring lots of if/then looping. -- JF On Apr 5, 8:30 pm, "Chris Broadfoot (Google Employee)" wrote: > Sublocality is indeed > documented:http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript

[Google Maps API v3] Re: How to acces to data from JSON? help with GEOCODER API.

2011-04-01 Thread JFrancis
In the version 2 API, you could get to those individual elements this way: var place = response.Placemark[0]; var point = new GLatLng(place.Point.coordinates[1], place.Point.coordinates[0]); myAddress = place.AddressDetails.Country.AdministrativeArea.SubAdministrativeArea.Locality.Thoroughfare.Th

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Need help toggling KML overlay with checkbox

2011-03-30 Thread JFrancis
I've noted the newest version of the API does not preserve the initial z-order of KML layers when they are hidden/re-displayed like the v2 API did. A case in point is the conversion to v3API map I have been working on, which displays a KML-generated layer of our service territory (drawn as a polyli

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Info window on KML layer does not close when info window from goecoded marker is opened

2011-03-25 Thread JFrancis
Try it now. I was working on an internal copy; now the external copy is sync-ed up with it: http://j3elearning.host56.com/mapTest/ To see it in action, click the blue marker above and to the left of the I-39 shield (on the right-center side), then enter 5500 Cottage Grove Road into the Map This A

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Info window on KML layer does not close when info window from goecoded marker is opened

2011-03-25 Thread JFrancis
I believe the last piece is solved (and when I say "solved," I mean I think I have a work-around). I forced the info window to close when ever the function is called: ... function addKmlClickHandler(KmlLayer) { google.maps.event.addListener(KmlLayer, "click", function(event) {

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Info window on KML layer does not close when info window from goecoded marker is opened

2011-03-25 Thread JFrancis
Well, I've gotten a little closer, addressing the pixelOffset issue. When clicking the house marker, I forced a re-center of the map: ... // re-center the map and re-open the infoWindow if the house marker is clicked on and infoWindow is closed google.maps.event.addListener(houseMarker, 'click', f

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Info window on KML layer does not close when info window from goecoded marker is opened

2011-03-25 Thread JFrancis
I'm seeing that weirdness as well. The initial info window over a geocoded marker opens in the "typical" location (the "point" of the info window just touching the top of the marker), and if you close it and re-open the info window, it continues to position itself correctly. Similarly, clicking on

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Turn kml on and off with checkbox

2011-03-25 Thread JFrancis
Here's how I'm doing it with one KML. You could scale this for multiple KML's with a few Javascript variables: In your HTML, a checkbox: Show/Hide KML Layer In your Javascript where you are creating the map: var kmlLayer01URL = 'http://www.mySite.com/datafiles/myKMLFile01.kml'; var k

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Info window on KML layer does not close when info window from goecoded marker is opened

2011-03-25 Thread JFrancis
Here's the link to my map: http://j3elearning.host56.com/mapTest/index.htm -- JF -- 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

[Google Maps API v3] Info window on KML layer does not close when info window from goecoded marker is opened

2011-03-24 Thread JFrancis
I must not be looking in the right place, because this question seems so basic. I realize Google Maps thinks having multiple open info windows is a feature; I'm in the "it's a bug" camp. In the v2 API, I have a map with a KML layer with multiple markers on it. Clicking on a marker opens an info wi

[Google Maps API v3] Re: KML infowindow - Can I close it with code?

2011-03-24 Thread JFrancis
What about not responding to the mouse click at all? var myKmlURL = 'http://www.myWebSIte.com/datafiles/myKmlFile.kml'; var myKmlOptions = { clickable: 0 //KML polygon does NOT respond to mouse clicks }; myKmlLayer = new goog

[Google Maps API v3] Re: How to remove a marker (Geocode)

2011-03-17 Thread JFrancis
Declare your "marker" variable outside of the initialize() function. Then, determine if there is a marker already on screen, and if there is, move it to the new location: // if the marker is already on-screen, move it to the new location if (marker) { marker.setPosition(results[0].geometr