That thread was all v3. The ucf library is a great example of what you want to do: http://library.ucf.edu/Administration/Maps/ Take a look at their use of a different projection as well.
Custom map types take a lot of time and playing around with to get comfortable with the concept. Your v3 sample doesn't seem to have any code so I can't give you any tips beyond that. Chad Killingsworth On Jun 9, 3:58 pm, Tinman <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah I have read this thread and looked at all of the examples and it > seems like they are using v2 and not v3, and they are loading the > custom map the same way I do on my first example and not the new way > introduced in v3. > Or is it just me missunderstanding the v3 feature that it is not > actual map "replacement" just overlay for the original Google map? > Would that meen I would still have to load my maps the old way or is > there a new easier way to do this? > > I have tried out multiple methods and combinations of what is > documented here:http://code.google.com/intl/no/apis/maps/documentation/ > javascript/overlays.html#MapTypeInterface > but I have yet to figure out something that actually works and loads > my custom tiles. > > Thanks for the reply. > > On 9 Jun, 21:47, Chad Killingsworth > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have you read this > > thread?http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3/browse_thread/th... > > > Chad Killingsworth > > > On Jun 9, 10:31 am, Tinman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi. > > > I am trying to create a whole new custom map using the new v3 Custom > > > Map Types, where I would be able to have my own tiles instead of the > > > regular world map. > > > I was able to do this when running v2 though it was a hard process and > > > not very flexible. > > > > What I am trying to do is taking a map from a game world and make in > > > into a dynamic Google Map where people can toggle locations and scroll > > > about. Old example here (v2):http://www.undergroundrp.com/gmap/urpmap.html > > > Here you can see that the map is custom using my own cut tiles, the > > > new map is allot larger with many more tiles and would have both a > > > "Satellite" image and a Hybrid image. > > > > I have searched all over the place but not found a real answer to this > > > so I figured out posting my own would be the best chance of getting > > > this to work. > > > > So the only problem right now is getting loading custom tiles instead > > > of the Google map tiles, I think everything else I want to do later is > > > easy as that is well documented. > > > > If you want to look at the current map it can be found > > > here:http://www.undergroundrp.com/dev3/map.html > > > this will update as I make changes and get the custom tiles to load. > > > > Thanks in advance for any replies to this. > > > Tinman -- 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.
