That's right: the default map types use the Mercator projection, in which
the poles are rendered infinitely far up/down the map. So as you pan up/down
you approach the poles but cannot reach them.
Have you tried limiting latitude to 85 instead?
Android brevity
On Aug 20, 2011 11:59 AM, "Jeremy" <jer...@pinkgeo.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to make my map unable to pan beyond the north
> or south poles. I don't know if there is an existing script, but I
couldn't
> find anything and tried my hand at something. Unfortunately its flawed
> because it doesn't seem like there is a 90 or -90 latitude in the maps API
> (it just seems the values reported back get excedingly close to 90 but
never
> reach it or pass beyond it) and that it causes stack size errors.
>
> Anyone know of a simpler method that actually works?
>
>
> google.maps.event.addListener(map, "center_changed", mapDragged);
>
> function mapDragged(){
> var bounds = map.getBounds();
> if(bounds.getSouthWest().lat() < -90){
> map.fitBounds(new google.maps.LatLngBounds(new
> google.maps.LatLng(bounds.getSouthWest().lat(),
> bounds.getSouthWest().lng()), new google.maps.LatLng(-90,
> bounds.getNorthEast().lng())));
> }
> }
>
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