FYI, additional information around the Marker's shape property will be pushed out in the next release, which will clarify its specification and use.
Thanks, Dann On Apr 15, 11:21 am, Daniel Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Gabriel, > > The shape property essentially creates an image-map. The equivalent HTML > tag to this is the <area> tag. For more information on supported shapes and > coordinate formats, check out this > page:http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_area.asp > > As you can see, supported shapes are: rect, circle, poly. > > Depending on what shape is specified, the coordinates are represented as > suggested here:http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/att_area_coords.asp > > Perhaps we could include more information in our docs around how to use > shape/coordinates by linking to the above pages. I'll suggest it to the > team. > > Hope this helps! > > Dann > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Gabriel Svennerberg < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > In the API reference the shape property of MarkerOptions is defined as > > being of type "object". The Description is: > > > "Image map region for drag/click. Array of x/y values that define the > > perimeter of the icon." > > > When I look at the examples I find one that uses the shape property > > and there I can see that this object actually has two properties: > > coord and type. coord takes the array of x/y values and type takes a > > string stating what kind of shape it is. In the example the value for > > type is 'poly'. > > > var shape = { > > coord: [1, 1, 1, 20, 18, 20, 18 , 1], > > type: 'poly' > > }; > > > My question is are there other valid values for type other than > > 'poly'? > > > Also, maybe the API reference should be updated with more precise > > information about the shape property. > > > Thanks! > > - Gabriel > > > -- > > 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=en. > > -- > Daniel Lee > Developer Programs Engineer > Google, Inc. > 345 Spear Street > San Francisco, CA 94105 > 650 253 0967 -- 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=en.
