Now fixed :) Although I don't have my start and end markers (they've completely disappeared) but the line is in the correct place now that I've redone the line and '\' replacement.
Thanks for all the help. Now onto the next challenge! If anybody knows where the start and end markers have gone then I'd appreciate knowing :) On Aug 25, 2:01 pm, VirtualWalk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm. Hadn't spotted that - one of the hazards of borrowing code - but > I've corrected it and I'm still in Northern France. > > Thanks for pointing it out though :) > > Where does the polyline you get go? France? > > On Aug 25, 1:53 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On Aug 25, 5:10 am, VirtualWalk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm working on a project where the following takes place: > > > > A user joins a virtual walking challenge > > > They upload the distances from their pedometer on a regular basis > > > Their new distance generates a new position on the map route > > > They see their new location and how far to go to the end of the > > > challenge > > > > I'm planning on all sorts of other bits including walking as part of > > > as a group. > > > > The planned route is from John o'Groats to Land's End which whilst > > > unoriginal seems to capture the imagination (I plan on people being > > > able to nominate new challenges for future inclusion). > > > > I've been spending a lot of time researching the best way to do this > > > and having got the form submission working and the distance updating > > > correctly I'm now working on the next stage. > > > > Having read around I realised that I need to use the fabulous > > > epoly2.js to place a marker on the route to match the user's > > > position. I want the distance to use from mySQL but that's a > > > challenge for another day! > > > > I then read about the problems with generating a complex polyline on > > > the fly each time and the numbers of calls to the Google database. > > > The challenge map page needs to have a summary of the route with no > > > markers on it, the overall (logged in) challenge homepage all the > > > participants on a clustered map (planning to use KML or csv for this > > > with no route showing) and the the user's map only their position > > > (which I've got working from mySQL). > > > > So I decided to generate an encoded polyline and use that for the > > > route. I visitedhttp://www.geocodezip.com/example_geo2.aspand > > > generated the xml for the Gdirections route using their encoded xml > > > generator. The Google Maps encoder is no good as the route needs to > > > follow roads not traverse the sea! > > > > I then cut and pasted the encodedPoints and encodedLevels from the XML > > > generated to my page. I got the error 'expected hexadecimal'. I then > > > researched problems and discovered the issue with '\' in the generated > > > encoding so I've replaced all single '\' with double '\\' and all > > > double '\\' with quad '\\\\'. > > > > However, I still have the same problem. > > > > The page is here: http://www.virtualwalk.co.uk/Sorting_Map.htm > > > What is with the zoomFactor of 32? > > > If I run your points through Mark McClure's > > decoderhttp://facstaff.unca.edu/mcmcclur/GoogleMaps/EncodePolyline/decode.html > > > then re-encode > > them:http://facstaff.unca.edu/mcmcclur/GoogleMaps/EncodePolyline/encodeFor... > > > I get a polyline, but his code set zoomFactor to 2 and numLevels to > > 18. > > > -- Larry > > > > My website is on Joomla but Jumi allows for html/php/javascript to be > > > embedded in Joomla code without problems and I'm getting exactly the > > > same error on the standard htm page as I am within Jumi so I think > > > that thinking it was a Joomla issue is a red herring (are there such a > > > thing?). > > > > I'm outside my comfort zone with the encoded polyline but want to > > > ensure that I code as efficiently as possible so I don't incur lots of > > > ISP bandwidth charges and a Google Maps ban if lots of people join the > > > site and take part in the challenges (over 1,000 people took part in > > > the last challenge I took part in). > > > > I have had lots of help so far getting the bits that work working so > > > any help really appreciated :)- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
