After further reading/search (I have never done Geocoding before), I found that the call actually return two sets of bounds. The viewport (which I should use) and the actual bounds.
Following is what I use: http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=russia&sensor=false I got { "status": "OK", "results": [ { "types": [ "country", "political" ], "formatted_address": "Russia", "address_components": [ { "long_name": "Russia", "short_name": "RU", "types": [ "country", "political" ] } ], "geometry": { "location": { "lat": 61.5240100, "lng": 105.3187560 }, "location_type": "APPROXIMATE", "viewport": { "southwest": { "lat": 31.2057644, "lng": 39.7523482 }, "northeast": { "lat": 76.9609558, "lng": 170.8851638 } }, "bounds": { "southwest": { "lat": 41.1853530, "lng": 19.6161000 }, "northeast": { "lat": 82.1673907, "lng": -168.9778800 } } } } ] } On Oct 13, 7:58 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 13, 5:43 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Oct 13, 5:21 pm, john <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The east tip is about (-170 degree) and I simply make it (+180) to > > > solve my problem. > > > I was just curious. Also looking for a better way (instead of finding > > > the box with my naked eyes). > > > The v2 geocoder returns the LatLonBox, that is what I would use (I > > haven't looked at the v3 geocoder, but I would imagine it does the > > same...) > > And look... it even returns a google.maps.LatLngBounds called > > "viewport":http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/services.ht... > > Simple extension of the example referenced in that page: > http://www.geocodezip.com/v3_GoogleEx_geocoding-simple-bounds.html > > -- Larry > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > John > > > > On Oct 13, 5:53 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > On Oct 13, 1:34 pm, john <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, there, > > > > > > Here is what I am doing now: > > > > > Manually collect the bounds of the country (latNorth, lngEast, > > > > > latSouth, lngWest) and save it in my country database. And with > > > > > following (easy) > > > > > > var ne = new google.maps.LatLng(latNorth, lngEast); > > > > > var sw = new google.maps.LatLng(latSouth, lngWest); > > > > > var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds(sw, ne); > > > > > > map.fitBounds(bounds); > > > > > > Now I want to show Russia. It's east end is actually belong to the > > > > > other side of the world. So, my box can only extend east to 180, which > > > > > is practically fine. I just curious if there a better way to do this. > > > > > > I saw a post (in v2) using GeoCoder but I failed to convert it to v3. > > > > > Below is what the geocoder returns for russia. What happens if you > > > > use the coordinates from the "LatLonBox" for your bounds? (worked for > > > > me...) > > > > > -- Larry > > > > > { > > > > "id": "p1", > > > > "address": "Russia", > > > > "AddressDetails": { > > > > "Accuracy": 1, > > > > "Country": { > > > > "CountryName": "Russia", > > > > "CountryNameCode": "RU" > > > > } > > > > }, > > > > "ExtendedData": { > > > > "LatLonBox": { > > > > "north": 76.9609558, > > > > "south": 31.2057644, > > > > "east": 170.8851638, > > > > "west": 39.7523482 > > > > } > > > > }, > > > > "Point": { > > > > "coordinates": [ > > > > 105.318756, > > > > 61.52401, > > > > 0 > > > > ] > > > > } > > > > > } > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > John- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- 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 [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.
