We have re-released without animated panning and zooming. If there are no major issues, we'll post a full announcement of this release in the next few days. In the meantime, please report any regression issues you see in the discussion group.
Thanks Ben On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Ben Appleton <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<google-maps-js-api-v3%[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=.
