Ya I guess that's a bit vague in my example code because I didn't
include my initial Polyline. I just used "getPath" there to have a
reference to the "blank path" that I have started in order to push in
the decoded points. I loop through a google-directions request with
php and construct the javascript above to go through all the encoded
"points" , decode them, parse them, convert them to google LatLng's,
and then push them into that "blank path".

I was just wondering if it was possible to use the decodePath result
directly with the polyline like Sebastian has done in his example.
When I try to do that I don't get a proper path because it doesn't
recognize the decodePath result as a set of LatLng's.



On Feb 9, 4:34 pm, Christian Zambrano <[email protected]> wrote:
> Josh,
>
> My understanding is that getPath will return an MVCArray of LatLong
> elements so there is nothing to decode as they are not encoded to
> begin with. You can update the path by simply pushing a new element to
> it and the Polyline will immediately reflect the change.
>
> On Feb 9, 2:37 pm, Josh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > I tried to pass the "decodedPoints" directly as Sebastian has shown in
> > his example without success. I don't know if Sebastien was just
> > showing this as a brief example of the method but, the decoded results
> > that I get are not setup as LatLng points that I can directly shove in
> > the "path" property of the Polyline.
>
> > I had to take the result and parse it as a string in order to setup a
> > new "path" of acceptable LatLng points. Is there an easier way of
> > creating the Polyline "path" with the decoded result(like in
> > Sebastian's example which doesn't work for me)?
>
> > Rough code I just used to make the decoded sets acceptable:
>
> > var path = routePath.getPath();//the path of the Polyline already on
> > the map
> > var points=new Array();
> > decodedSets=google.maps.geometry.encoding.decodePath("encodedpointstobedeco 
> > ded").toString();
> > //get rid of the brackets
> > decodedSets=decodedSets.replace(/\,\(/gi, "");
> > decodedSets=decodedSets.replace(/\(/gi, "");
>
> > var brokenstring=decodedSets.split(")");
> > for(var i in brokenstring){
> >         if(brokenstring[i].length>1){
> >                 points=brokenstring[i].split(",");
> >                 myLatLng = new google.maps.LatLng(points[0],points[1]);
> >                 path.push(myLatLng);
> >         }
>
> > }
>
> > On Jan 13, 12:16 pm, Sebastian <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > To use a polyline from the Direction Web service, you need the
> > > google.maps.geometry.encoding.decodePath() function from the geometry
> > > library.
>
> > > Load the V3 API with:
>
> > > <script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?
> > > libraries=geometry&amp;sensor=false">
> > > </script>
>
> > > Create the map, set markers for start and destination and so on.
>
> > > Replace backslashes '\'  in points with '\\', it seems the levels are
> > > kinda ballast from V2 (?).
>
> > > var encodedPoints   = "s}dcFlnchVz@n@vJeVpF}NzMy\\}
> > > KyI{AoBg@{@wKmWs@wB_AsE_@wEQkLQ}Cy@qE{@kCiBsD{_@_r@qS{\
> > > \mBqDoOw^mBwGOqAPyEGsAKu@eBmEOu@Eu@X}DEu@r_@osCjJyi@|
> > > AiH~B_NxJoe@j[kdBjLwl@rJkh@zG_]jCsOhEe\\`Iur@pBuOjAuLhAsI|
> > > BcPnCuNhAiEz@_B~@kA|
> > > AgAnLcDvBmAt@o@dBwBxEwJtI_PzBcDdE_EnVePpg@o]lKsFzJgE`EkCjCqCrB{CvAwCtBmFfAs
> > >  B`DiEdC_CpEkClGgC`EyBrG_ETAdHuDx@YdAKhEb@jB]hAi@{EaOmDqJeEnC" ;
>
> > > var decodedPoints =
> > > google.maps.geometry.encoding.decodePath(encodedPoints) ;
>
> > > var encodedPolyline = new google.maps.Polyline ( {
> > >               strokeColor: "#970E04" ,
> > >               strokeOpacity: 1.0 ,
> > >               strokeWeight: 2 ,
> > >               path: decodedPoints ,
> > >               clickable: false} );
>
> > > encodedPolyline.setMap(myMap);
>
> > > Done.
>
> > > HTH
> > > Sebastian
>
> > > On Dec 15 2010, 5:24 am, Christian Zambrano <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > The response of a request for direction to the Google Maps Web Service
> > > > includes encoded polylines in the element overview_polyline. I would 
> > > > like to
> > > > display these polylines on a Javascript google map V3 but there doesn't 
> > > > seem
> > > > to be a way. Am I missing something? V2 had GPolyline which accepted 
> > > > encoded
> > > > Polylines.
>
> > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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