Based upon the method used in my site to calculate polygons using the geometry library:
polygonArea = google.maps.geometry.spherical.computeArea(mapPolygon.getPath()); There is no "getPath()" method for the google.maps.Rectangle class to find the path of the rectangle drawn with the Drawing Manager. On Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:09:13 AM UTC-4, geoco...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Jun 12, 3:16 pm, Anthony D <derbaha.dh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Good Evening > > > > What's the best way to calculate the area of a rectangle created with > > the Google map api Drawing Manager? > > A rectangle is a four sided polygon. You should be able to do it the > same way as you do it for polygons. You will need to calculate the > path (the four corners). > > -- Larry > > > > > http://www.yarvolgar.com/shapes/editShapes.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-js-api-v3/-/U3TN1H9WWNkJ. To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
