Yeah, I started off with that approach, but found it was confusing for users to switch between api's, and also got really tired of working with the Bing maps api. I mainly just want birdseye, and only the "level 2" of birdseye, so this imagery would only become available at Google's zoom level 19 (the one that seems closest to the bing map birdseye level 2).
So I'm getting the sense that there might not be a way to reliably correct for the differences? On Oct 28, 2:12 pm, Nianwei Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > The traditional way to do this kind of thing is to have 2 divs display > mutually exclusively together, and use respective APIs inside each. > You need needs different overlay objects and pass data between them. > You can of course share bitmap icons so it appears to be same marker. > > Your approach has a few flaws, for one, the controls won't work. You > can not really have user have the impression that the zoom bar is > going to work the same way. Also, oblique projection is scaled > differently at x/y direction. Making the markers work correctly will > certainly cost more than port those to VE code and have them run in > different DIVs and JS. > > Google sort of documented the projection in Google oblique (available > in selected areas) in the API doc, but Microsoft did not. It's most > likely a non-linear perspective image. (Google's are rectified to a > customized projection) > > On Oct 28, 11:47 am, chrismarx <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > yup, > > i looked at that, it looks quite nice, but I already have oodles of > > google maps code, and I don't want to port :( > > > On Oct 28, 10:34 am, Barry Hunter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > IMHO of course, but seem thathttp://www.mapstraction.com/isaeasier > > > way to get the same (or very similar) result. > > > > Its a cool demo, but the issues doesnt seem to make it worth it. > > > > On 28 October 2010 15:13, chrismarx <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > Everyone loves the birdseye imagery in Bing maps, but wants to keep > > > > using their code base using the Google Maps api. The TOU's for each > > > > service specify that the only legal way to use the imagery is through > > > > their respective api's. So here's a demo that does that: > > > > >http://warbler2.ornith.cornell.edu/test/google/maps/google-and-bing-m... > > > > > A normal google map is loaded on top, but a custom gmaptype with > > > > transparent tiles is added, and when you switch to that layer, it > > > > reveals the bing map in an iframe beneath. This actually works pretty > > > > well; the google marker and controls are still visible, you can > > > > interact with the marker, but panning is problematic. The two maps > > > > projections/zooms/? are a bit off, and if you drag the map around, > > > > you'll see that the marker doesn't stay put. > > > > > I thought before attacking this any further I'd put this up here, and > > > > see if perhaps someone could put their finger on a solution to this > > > > problem- > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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 > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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.
