> I was wondering if there was a way to find the distance in km, miles w/
> e of a Google map - so, the user has the map at a certain zoom, and I
> need to know what the distance is between the top of the map and the
> bottom, and the left and right.

Get the bounds of the map
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/v2/reference.html#GMap2.getBounds
Isolate the corners of interest
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/v2/reference.html#GLatLngBounds.getSouthWest
Get the distance between those corners
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/v2/reference.html#GLatLng.distanceFrom
or between to the if you like
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/v2/reference.html#GLatLngBounds.getCenter

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