Aha! I was fooled by there being markers when I generated the encoded polyline. I think I'll go for some pretty ones saying 'start' and 'finish'.
Thanks again :) On Aug 25, 2:30 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 25, 6:12 am, VirtualWalk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 :) > > When I looked at your page, there wasn't any code on it to create > markers. > > -- Larry > > > > > > > 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 -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. 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