[Google Maps API v3] Re: Convert pixel position to latlng.

2011-05-06 Thread Kesuke
Thanks all, got it working. I had originally tried the fromLatLngToPoint(point) method but it didn't work so I moved on. HOWEVER, it turns out the problem was I was not feeding it points properly. I was trying to give it pixel coords or tile coords - what it actually wants are world coords! Like

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Convert pixel position to latlng.

2011-05-05 Thread Kesuke
Hate to bump, but someone must have done this as it's been asked here a lot before (just with no clear answer). I'm sure one of us has the maths for this ready to go. On May 2, 4:48 pm, Kesuke nick_dai...@hotmail.com wrote: How do I convert a pixel position to a latlng. I've searched and

[Google Maps API v3] Re: Convert pixel position to latlng.

2011-05-05 Thread Kesuke
I *think* i have made a tiny bit of progress but I'm still stuck. It seems that in a mercator projection the longtitude (x axis) scales normally. So because I am trying to get a % pixel position on the map, I can simply say (percentage position * 360) - 180 to get the longtitude. HOWEVER,