Hi Larry, Thanks so much for all your help! Sorry, this is probably really simple but not sure how to do parse the coordinates out of the <Point> element so that it zooms to the point.
Can you please explain? Best, Amelia On Nov 30, 11:41 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 30, 5:38 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Nov 29, 3:19 pm, Amelia Griza-Padilla <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > Having some issues with trying to zoom to selected features from a > > > drop down menu. For some reason it changes the icon from blue to red, > > > does not zoom to the point and there is nothing in the info window > > > once you select a location from the drop down menu. > > > Your "kml" column in the fusion table now contains markers, not > > polygons (if I recall your original map correctly, the kml column only > > contained polygons defining regions). > > > The code assumes that kml will be polygons, you need to change it to > > account for the change in your fusion table. > > geoxml3 is probably overkill for what is needed if all you have in the > fusion table are markers (it is pretty easy to parse the coordinates > out of the <Point> element), and you already have the coordinates in > a separate column, that is redundant information (look at the kml in > the geometry column, that is all it contains), however, you will need > to decide how close you want to zoom for each marker. > > -- Larry > > > > > > > > > > > There are examples that zoom to a group of > > markers:http://www.geocodezip.com/www_vciregionmap_comC.html > > > You could modify that to provide your required functionality. The > > reason it looks like it is changing the icon to red, is that geoxml3 > > puts a red marker on top of the existing blue one, you can hide it > > (like was done for the polygons) by calling setMap(null) on the > > _marker_ that is being places on the map by geoxml3: > > > geoXml.docs[0].markers[0].setMap(null); // (untested) > > > (and probably remove other line that references > > geoXml.docs[0].gpolygons) > > > > My goal is to be able to zoom to the feature once you select it from > > > the drop down menu and have the info window instantly pop up once the > > > location is selected. (Ideally I would have liked a sidebar instead > > > but I'm having issues with the drop down, not sure if the code changes > > > a lot to achieve this instead). > > > I have examples with sidebars also: > > >http://www.geocodezip.com/geoxml3_test/v3_FusionTables_Watershed_Stew... > > > However, note that each example depends heavily on the format of the > > Fusion Table being used, you will need to either change your Fusion > > Table to be consistent with the code or change the code to deal with > > the format of your Fusion Table. > > > -- Larry > > > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > > > Here is the > > > link:http://www.advocacy.ucla.edu/Maps/UCLACommunityBanners.html > > > > Thanks in advance for any assistance. -- 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.
