We've decided to roll back. Animated panning and zooming isn't quite ready yet.
Thanks for your patience. Ben On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Marijn <[email protected]> wrote: > Some accompanying screenshots: http://www.marijnspeelman.nl/maps/ > > On Nov 19, 10:42 am, Marijn <[email protected]> wrote: >> * Animate panning and zooming transitions in capable browsers. >> >> This feature causes a lot of zooming bugs and is in general very >> quirky: >> - The animation is way too slow >> - When quickly zooming in, the map is first shown very small and >> slowly starts matching the div size >> - When zooming in 1 zoom level, the map first redraws / blinks, and >> then zooms in >> - When zooming in or out, our custom markers first zoom with the map, >> instead of staying the same size and just repositioning. >> >> Tested in Chrome 4.0.249.0 & Firefox 3.5.6 on Ubuntu, and in Safari on >> Mac. >> >> On Nov 19, 10:17 am, Ben Appleton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > We just released a new version of the JS v3 API. >> >> > Changes: >> >> > * Enable Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew. If you are a fluent in one of >> > these languages, please let us know if you see layout or translation >> > issues. >> >> > * Animate panning and zooming transitions in capable browsers. >> >> > * Expose a panToBounds method on Map. This will pan the map to make >> > a particular LatLngBounds visible. >> >> > * Enable position as an additional control option. The >> > google.maps.ControlPosition enum defines the possible positions as >> > TOP_LEFT, TOP, TOP_RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, BOTTOM_LEFT, BOTTOM, >> > BOTTOM_RIGHT. For example: >> >> > var myOptions = { >> > zoom: 8, >> > center: new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644), >> > mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP, >> > scaleControl: true, >> > scaleControlOptions: {position: google.maps.ControlPosition.RIGHT} >> > } >> > map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), >> > myOptions); >> >> > * On zoom, set tiles transparent immediately to avoid seeing the >> > previous image on the screen in some browsers. >> >> > If there are no major issues, we'll post a full announcement of this >> > release in the next 24-48 hours. In the meantime, please report any >> > regression issues you see in the discussion group. >> >> > Thanks! >> > Ben > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=.
