On Aug 8, 10:06 pm, SCCY <samuelcyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > As I was planning for the workaround: > Is it possible that when users switch to road map view / satellite > view, the marker is switched to a different location and the view is > re-centred? > > There is no map type switched event in v3 as far as I know, so I can't > write an event handler to handle what is going to happen when the map > type is switched.
I think it is: http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3/search?group=google-maps-js-api-v3&q=MapTypeId_changed&qt_g=Search+this+group in v3 > > Not that I am lazy or what, but I think I'd like some guide/hint on > how to build a workaround with v3. I am not so familiar with v3 after > all. Most of us aren't so familiar with v3 (except perhaps the Google engineers that are writing it...). It is new and still under active development. A plus is that it seems those same engineers actively answer questions here. -- Larry > > Thank you for everyone's help. > > On Jul 11, 10:00 pm, "geocode...@gmail.com" <geocode...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On Jul 11, 6:28 am, SCCY <samuelcyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Please compare the following two > > > urls:http://maps.google.com.hk/maps?q=23.1048,113.7581+(hcg+road+map)&t=m&...)... > > > > The first url is aroadmapand the second url is asatellitemap. > > > They point to the same point where I want the marker to point to, but > > > you may have noticed the lat and long values of the two urls are > > > different! > > > > Hmmm... still no clue about this! > > >http://www.geocodezip.com/GenericMapBrowser.asp?filename=SCCY.xml > > > As Pil said, either theroador thesatellitetiles (or both) are > > misaligned. If you search the v2 group, some workarounds were posted > > for this issue. They would need to be translated to v3. > > > -- Larry > > > > On Jul 10, 2:16 pm, SCCY <samuelcyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello, I am trying out the new API V3 at the moment. For trying out, I > > > > used a pair of Lat Long values to center and put a marker on the > > > > Google Maps. With some help from the tutorial, it works OK... > > > > generally. > > > > > However when I change themaptype, I notice that, given the same lat > > > > and long values, the marker doesn't point exactly the same place for > > > > both RoadMap and SatelliteMap. > > > > > Let's take an example: LatLng(23.1075, 113.7527) > > > > > I want it to point to where it shows on theSatelliteMap, but when I > > > > switch toRoadMapview, the marker seems to be pointing somewhere a > > > > few streets away. It's quite obvious if you compare the relative > > > > position of the marker and nearby roads/river. > > > > > Is it something I have done wrong or is it a problem with the Google > > > >Map'stiles? What should I do to make bothmaptypes matching the > > > > location where I want to place my marker?- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- 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 google-maps-js-api...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
