I got this working, based on Chris's example -- see Chrome extension content
script below. Thanks Chris!
Not sure if I'd implement this in a published extension though: I feel
uncomfortable (as Rossko suggests) 'hijacking' the constructor, even if my
intentions are benevolent.
Sam
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Hi Chris -- ingenious... I haven't tried your solution yet, but I noticed
you can set the content_scripts value for run_at to document_start: see
http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/content_scripts.html.
Rossko -- ''I'm reading that as "I want my extension to 'hijack' maps on
arbritary we
Thanks for your reply, Chris.
> ... why not just use the debugger, though?
For my extension I want to get at the Map object(s) for any page with one or
maps on it, using the JavaScript API to access getBounds(), getDiv(), etc,
for each map.
> You'd wrap the default google maps constructors and
Is it possible to get the Map object(s) for a page that has one or more
Google Maps on it, in Chrome at least?
>From a Chrome extension, I would like to access Map objects any Google Maps
that are on the current page.
...or is there a reason why this isn't possible?
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