Awesome! Thanks for the information, that looks really helpful. I'll post pack if I have further questions, but this looks like a great start. Thanks again!
On Aug 21, 5:12 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 21, 1:29 pm, Jason <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've been working on creating an application that stores mileage and > > displays progress along a Google Maps route. I have a basic map up and > > working, with start/end/waypoints set with driving directions > > connecting them. What I want to be able to do is take a number of > > miles and display where the user is "at" along this route. Is there a > > way to do this using the Google Maps API? > > Yes. But it is not built in. > > > > > I've been searching around for some time, but either this is an > > uncommon problem or I'm not using the right search terms. I came > > across some examples using polygon lines instead of actual directions > > (e.g.http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2698112/how-to-add-markers-on-goog...) > > but they seem to either focus on polygons and/or utilize version 2 of > > the Maps API. > > > Any solutions or pointers in the right directly would be most > > appreciated. > > You need to do something like > this:http://www.geocodezip.com/v3_animate_marker_directions.html > > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3/browse_frm/threa... > > But what you want to do is simpler. I think the pieces should all be > there. The main one being the port of polyline.GetPointAtDistance > from Mike Williams' epoly extension. > > Post a link to your map if you want more specific advice or if you run > into trouble. > > -- Larry -- 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.
