Hi, I recently wrote DragZoomer, a control for Google Maps For Flash, that adds a "pan & zoom" control to a Google Map, that for certain use cases, allows the user to move around on the map more efficiently than via the map's built-in controls.
Other built-in features include "Shift + Z" = zoom in "Shift + Q" = go back to previous view "Shift + A or S" = go left or right "Shift + D or X" = go up or down You can view a demo of DragZoomer here: http://spatialdatabox.com/drag-zoomer/drag-zoomer.html If this functionality hasn't been implemented by another library, I plan to add the library to the Google Map library for all to use. If you see any bugs in the demo implementation, please let me know. More info here: ================================= With Google's built-in controls, multiple "pan & zoom" actions require the user to move the mouse back-and-forth between the ZoomControl, which lies in the top-left edge of the map, and somewhere else on the map. For an eastward pan & zoom, the mouse must travel back-and-forth across the full width of the map. Although this method of interaction was revolutionary for its time, it alas is inefficient to perform, especially when each back-and-forth transition occurs on a full-screen map in a wide-screen display. For use-cases that require the user to constantly "pan & zoom", such as when searching for or editting map content, the built-in controls pose an intrusion into an efficient workflow. With DragZoomer enabled, the user can use the Shift key and mouse to draw a rectangle on the map. When the user releases the Shift key, the map automatically performs both "pan & zoom" actions to display only the area of the map that lies within the rectangle. The smaller the rectangle, the more the map will be zoomed. ================================= --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
