Google Maps - Get bounds size
by HoffZ
HTML
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/bjornharrtell/jsts/gh-pages/1.4.0/jsts.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&libraries=drawing"></script>
<p>
Right click on map to get bounds size
</p>
<div id="map">
</div>
CSS
#map {
width: 500px;
height: 400px;
}
JavaScript
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 16,
center: new google.maps.LatLng(62.1482, 6.0696)
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), mapOptions);
map.addListener('rightclick', function() {
alert(getAreaSize(map) + ' square meters')
});
function getAreaSize(map) {
var bounds = map.getBounds();
var ne = bounds.getNorthEast(); // LatLng of the north-east corner
var sw = bounds.getSouthWest(); // LatLng of the south-west corder
var nw = new google.maps.LatLng(ne.lat(), sw.lng());
var se = new google.maps.LatLng(sw.lat(), ne.lng());
var length = getDistanceInMeters(sw, nw);
var breadth = getDistanceInMeters(sw, se);
var area = length * breadth; // in square meters
return area;
function getDistanceInMeters(location1, location2) {
var lat1 = location1.lat();
var lon1 = location1.lng();
var lat2 = location2.lat();
var lon2 = location2.lng();
var R = 6371; // Radius of the earth in km
var dLat = deg2rad(lat2 - lat1);
var dLon = deg2rad(lon2 - lon1);
var a =
Math.sin(dLat / 2) * Math.sin(dLat / 2) +
Math.cos(deg2rad(lat1)) * Math.cos(deg2rad(lat2)) *
Math.sin(dLon / 2) * Math.sin(dLon / 2);
var c = 2 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(a), Math.sqrt(1 - a));
var d = R * c; // Distance in km
return (d * 1000);
function deg2rad(deg) {
return deg * (Math.PI / 180);
}
}
}