Confirmed, I had set too low a limit on the number of vertices.  I've fixed
it locally, should go live in a week or so.

- Ben

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Ben Appleton <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:31 PM, [email protected] <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Aug 26, 10:26 pm, Ben Appleton <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Ben Appleton <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 2:53 PM, [email protected] <
>> > > [email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > >> On Aug 26, 9:26 pm, Ben Appleton <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > >> > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 2:17 PM, [email protected]
>> > >> > <[email protected]>wrote:
>> >
>> > >> > > On Aug 26, 7:49 pm, xf_aicn <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > >> > > > Hi all,
>> >
>> > >> > > > Now i'm doing a project that connect two place with a
>> > >> > > > polyline(geodesic is true), and then at the same time, show a
>> marker
>> > >> > > > on the middle of the polyline, how can I do this? I can't get
>> the
>> > >> > > > coordinate on thepolyline
>> >
>> > >> > >http://www.geocodezip.com/v3_polyline_example_geodesic.html
>> >
>> > >> > > Seems to be off the "native" google geodesic polyline.  Don't
>> know
>> > >> > > why.
>> >
>> > >> > The geodesic marker looks OK me in Chrome/WinXP.  I've attempted to
>> > >> attach
>> > >> > an image, though I do not know if groups allows attachments.
>> >
>> > >> > In which browser are you seeing the problem?
>> >
>> > >> IE6 (and Chrome, FF; Opera doesn't seem to want to show the map), but
>> > >> click on the marker then "zoom in" to see the difference in the
>> > >> polylines (the green polyline is the "native" google maps one, the
>> red
>> > >> is the one that was calculated).  How are the "native" geodesic
>> > >> polylines rendered?
>> >
>> > > Oh interesting: if the green line is the native geodesic then it
>> appears
>> > > slightly off compared to the red line.  At least one of them is wrong
>> - I'll
>> > > take a look.
>> >
>> > Even more interesting: if you zoom in enough so that the 2 lines are
>> > distinct, then pan repeatedly (try the home/end/pgup/pgdn keys), the red
>> > line seems to wander away from the green line and then wander back
>> again,
>> > meeting at regular intervals.  So they agree at a set of virtual
>> vertices,
>> > and diverge elsewhere.
>> >
>> > Your function geodesicPolyline() seems to compute 50 intermediate
>> vertices,
>> > is that right?
>>
>> Yes.  I hadn't notices the scalloping.  But if I put markers on the
>> points that are calculated, that isn't where the lines line up...
>> v3_polyline_example_geodesic_proj.html
>>
>
> Then it looks like I have oversimplified my geodesics.  I'll look into it.
>
>
>>  Using your suggestion fixes the mid-point on the normal polyline.
>>
>>    -- Larry
>>
>>
>> > >> > The center marker on the "normal" polyline seems off as well.
>> >
>> > >> > For the "normal" polyline did you average in LatLng space or
>> projected
>> > >> > coordinates?  I couldn't spot it at a glance of your code.
>> >
>> > >> > >  -- Larry
>> >
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