Larry, this function ("dangerous" as it may have been) did the trick
perfectly. Thank you so much. It would have taken me a week to
figure out how to do that myself. :-) Have a great day!
On Aug 31, 11:38 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> onsenjapan wrote:
> > Thank you...is this possible to do through a function? I'm mainly
> > using example code and don't know quite what the math required would
> > be. I have a "bounds" variable but doing something like "bounds =
> > bounds*1.1" makes the zoom jump out to almost the whole world.
>
> > What would the syntax be for expanding slightly a bounds variable?
>
> something like the below might work:
> // *** DANGER untested code ***
> var northEast = bounds.getNorthEast();
> northEast = new GLatLng(northEast.lat()+0.005, northEast.lng()+0.005);
> var southWest = bounds.getSouthWest();
> southWest = new GLatLng(southWest.lat()-0.005, southWest.lng()-0.005);
> bounds.extend(northEast);
> bounds.extend(southWest);
> map.setCenter(bounds.getCenter(), map.getBoundsZoomLevel(bounds));
>
> -- Larry
>
>
>
> > On Aug 31, 10:24 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > onsenjapan wrote:
> > > > Okay, I've given it some thought and while the zoomOut() solution
> > > > works, it would be much better if perhaps there was a way to quickly
> > > > calculate whether the markers are too close to the edges of the map,
> > > > and -- if so and only if so -- then zoomOut(). Otherwise, the present
> > > > method works in about 85 percent of the cases and looks nicer at a
> > > > closer zoom level. Any thoughts?
>
> > > Extend your bounds slightly before using it for the auto zoom
> > > operation rather than arbitrarily zooming out by one (move the
> > > NorthEast corner a little further north and east, and the SouthWest
> > > corner a little further south and west).
>
> > > -- Larry
>
> > > > On Aug 31, 2:48 pm, onsenjapan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > I figured this one out. I just wrapped the existing line in the one
> > > > > you suggested, as so:
>
> > > > > map.zoomOut(map.setCenter(bounds.getCenter(),
> > > > > map.getBoundsZoomLevel(bounds)));
>
> > > > > And now it works fine! Thank you!
>
> > > > > On Aug 31, 1:49 pm, onsenjapan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Yes, I was thinking that just zooming out once would be an easy way
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > fix the problem.
>
> > > > > > I have this line currently:
>
> > > > > > map.setCenter(bounds.getCenter(), map.getBoundsZoomLevel(bounds));
>
> > > > > > Do you know what to tweak to just shift the zoom one zoomlevel out?
>
> > > > > > (I tried appending
>
> > > > > > map.zoomOut();
>
> > > > > > to the end and that zoomed all the way out to the very maximum
> > > > > > level.
> > > > > > Oops!)
>
> > > > > > On Aug 31, 1:22 pm, Andy R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > 10px, left/right/top/bottom? Is 10px enough for all controls?
>
> > > > > > > Simple solution: load your markers, adjust position/zoom, then
> > > > > > > map.zoomOut();
>
> > > > > > > On 31 Aug., 19:13, onsenjapan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > I was pretty sure this would be easily answered by a search,
> > > > > > > > but I
> > > > > > > > didn't come up with anything that answered my question. That
> > > > > > > > probably
> > > > > > > > means this is so basic that I'm going to say "Dooh!" but I hope
> > > > > > > > someone will help point me to the right place.
>
> > > > > > > > I think the problem relates to zoom levels or setting map
> > > > > > > > bounds...not
> > > > > > > > sure which. Basically, after I do a search, in certain cases the
> > > > > > > > marker points show up at the very, very extreme sides of the
> > > > > > > > map...almost invisible. Sometimes they appear tucked under the
> > > > > > > > "map"
> > > > > > > > and "terrain" buttons at the upper right, or under the scale
> > > > > > > > slider on
> > > > > > > > the left. I would like to simply add a function that will
> > > > > > > > extend the
> > > > > > > > map border by 10 more pixels or lat/lng points or zoom levels or
> > > > > > > > whatever so that the points show up well within the borders of
> > > > > > > > the map
> > > > > > > > each time.
>
> > > > > > > > In CSS this would be like "padding": I want to have a 10pixel
> > > > > > > > width
> > > > > > > > buffer in which no points are shown so that all points will be
> > > > > > > > nicely
> > > > > > > > situated within the visible points of the map.
>
> > > > > > > > As is, it's a very functional map so I'm just nit-picking, but
> > > > > > > > it's
> > > > > > > > definitely a pretty big cosmetic flaw if the markers aren't
> > > > > > > > easily
> > > > > > > > seen in certain cases.
>
> > > > > > > > For example, go towww.onsenjapan.netandfindonsenthatare50 miles
> > > > > > > > from Tokyo.
>
> > > > > > > > As always, thank you very much for assistance and suggestions.
> > > > > > > > There
> > > > > > > > are some hugely helpful people here.
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