> All of that functionality is included in Google's own code (HTML + CSS > + Javascript + ???). There's even more - the map content of the > window responds directly to any resizing of the available space that > is done by the browser under the user's control. (That's why I don't > care about resizing - I know that Google's code will take care of it > once the map div is declared.) However, only selected parts of that > extensive functionality are exposed to us developers through the > Application Programming Interface which Google has provided.
Yup, that's what this is for - http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/reference.html#GMap2.checkResize You can make the map respond to changes in its containing div. The MapsAPI contains no tools for controlling the size of the div it lives in, because that is entirely the business of the webpage developer and basically none of the APIs business at all. Have you considered that maps.google.com could be the product of teamwork? i.e. the maps team provide a maps API, some DHTML team provide the framework page, maybe some stylist comes along later ... -- 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.
