Hi Larry, Thanks again. Wondering if you can help me out. I decided to start from scratch and went back through the code, ultimately I changed it from a drop down to a sidebar query (what I originally desired) and it was working great. I used your example http://www.geocodezip.com/v3_FusionTables_AfricaMap_kml_sidebar.html.
But just recently maybe with the last couple of hours I've noticed an error: "There is most likely an error in the FusionTablesLayer definition. Error: Invalid query or location column" on both my map and yours, any idea why this error is appearing? Here is a link to my map http://www.advocacy.ucla.edu/Maps/UCLACommunityBanner_Locations.html Thanks, Amelia On Dec 1, 3:50 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 1, 2:01 pm, Amelia Griza-Padilla <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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? > > My main point was you have two columns "geometry" and "Coordinates". > In row 1 for example, geometry contains: > <Point><coordinates>-118.246208,33.923831,0.0</coordinates></Point> > > Coordinates contains: > 33.923831,-118.246208 > > You need to extract those coordinates (latitude=33.923831, > longitude=-118.246208), use them to create a google.maps.LatLng > object, then use that as the argument to a call to map.setCenter(). > > It would be simpler to use the Coordinates column (just do a > String.split(",")), but you can parse it out of the kml. I thought I > saw an example posted to the group that did that, you could try > searching for it (or maybe someone else can point to that reference, I > can't find it right now) > > -- Larry > > > > > > > > > > > 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.
