[Google Maps API v3] Re: 2012/5/15 - New Release (3.9)

2012-05-21 Thread SmirkingMan
"3.6 has been removed: if you request it you will receive 3.7." I have a page which worked fine for the last couple of years: http://www.calvert.ch/tools/geocoder.htm and it now displays a blank page in IE9. My understanding was that coding v=3.6 was to avoid having things break with new versions

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Is it possible to use an excel file to populate a google map api v3?

2011-01-13 Thread SmirkingMan
I have written an Excel addin to do this http://www.calvert.ch/geodesix/ On Jan 5, 6:08 pm, BMC wrote: > Is it possible to use an excel file to populate a map? > If i have a microsoft excel file with addresses or latlng info, can it > be used to add markers and infowindows to a google map api v3?

[Google Maps API v3] Excel addin for forward & reverse geocoding and Great Circle Distance calculations, with Google Maps task pane

2010-10-20 Thread SmirkingMan
I have developed a free add-in for MS Excel which implements formulas for Geocoding, GCD calculations and verification with Google Maps in an Excel taskpane. Screenshot: http://www.calvert.ch/geodesix/screenshot.jpg Download: http://www.calvert.ch/geodesix Please be responsible and note: This ad

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Google Maps Geocoder

2010-10-12 Thread SmirkingMan
It depends on where you are looking. Here in Europe, house numbers are frequently missing outside builtup areas. In the middle and far east, house numbers are rare, and practically non-existent in the eastern block. This is understandable and due to the quality of the underlying data, not the geoco

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Help Needed... Very Urgently....Please Respond Google.....Please

2010-10-11 Thread SmirkingMan
Call the geocoder http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/services.html#GeocodingRequests with your query. You'll get up to 10 results in the response http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/services.html#GeocodingResponses That's it. BTW: It seems that you're

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Area calculation tutorial

2010-10-11 Thread SmirkingMan
View page source. Follow the links to the javascript source to see how it's done. (http://acme.com/javascript/acme.maps.jsm etc) On Oct 11, 9:13 am, Shreerang Patwardhan wrote: > Hello all, > >         I want to build a tool to calculate area on the map. I want to put > markers on the map on clic

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Towns with the same name, Google assuming wrong one.

2010-10-11 Thread SmirkingMan
Empirically, I've discovered that this happens frequently, it's by design, and you can't change it. Compare the results from brick lane which will be equivalent to brick lane uk if google thinks (from your ip address) that you're in the UK, and brick lane us if google thinks that you're in t

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Zooimg

2010-09-28 Thread SmirkingMan
What exactly are you trying to achieve? Can you post an example of where you're stuck? On Sep 28, 1:24 pm, Wpf Help wrote: > what about pandirection? > > On Sep 28, 4:18 pm, SmirkingMan wrote: > > > > > setZoom(zoom:number)http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documen

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Zooimg

2010-09-28 Thread SmirkingMan
setZoom(zoom:number) http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html#Map On Sep 28, 1:04 pm, Wpf Help wrote: > Hi, > > Is it zoomIn() and zoomOut() funtions are available in Google map API > V3 > > Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Bug: HitTest region doesn't size with scaled marker icon

2010-09-28 Thread SmirkingMan
Thank you kindly for pointing that out, my mistake. I've fixed the code at http://www.calvert.ch/geodesix/offices.htm as per your suggestion and it works perfectly. I made the erroneous (but presumably forgivable) assumption that as CreateMarker implicitly creates a MarkerShape based on the icon,

[Google Maps API v3] Re: World city outlines as Lat / Lng

2010-09-28 Thread SmirkingMan
Well, as a starting point, here's the world capitals and their lat/ long: Country;City;Lat;long Abkhazia;Sukhumi;43.00732;40.989151 Afghanistan;Kabul;34.5012;69.3315 Albania;Tirana;41.3325788;19.8171362 Algeria;Algiers;36.7246207;3.127856 American Samoa;Pago Pago;-14.2741568;-170.6985961 Andorra;A

[Google Maps API v3] Finding closest office and variable sized icons

2010-09-23 Thread SmirkingMan
My client needed an office locator for his clients. After scouring the internet without luck for a solution, I wrote my own. Functions: - Continuously sizes the company icons on the map according to the zoom level - icons always 'look right' - Hides icons that overlap - reduces crowding at low zoo

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Markers show/hide on map

2010-09-23 Thread SmirkingMan
Or possbly this http://www.calvert.ch/geodesix/offices.htm On Sep 23, 4:27 am, "geocode...@gmail.com" wrote: > On Sep 22, 6:20 pm, Sandro007 wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I am trying to make the markers show or hide on a map using the API > > v3. > > > I need the specific marker group to hide w

[Google Maps API v3] Bug: HitTest region doesn't size with scaled marker icon

2010-09-23 Thread SmirkingMan
View this page with Chrome: http://www.calvert.ch/geodesix/offices.htm#q%3Dmoscow Slowly move the mouse cursor up and to the left at 135° towards Moscow. Note how the cursor turns to hand and the "Moscow" tooltip appears when you are over Lyubertsy, which is some 45 pixles away from the bottom rig

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Manage lot of markers

2010-09-23 Thread SmirkingMan
http://www.calvert.ch/geodesix/offices.htm On Sep 23, 12:14 pm, Dom wrote: > Hi, > > I have a map that is loading a lot of markers (6000+) from a XML file. > It is very long. > Is there a solution to manage this ? > For instance, only load markers at a specific zoom and only display > markers tha