Google Map Get Boundary From Map Interaction
This snippet demonstrates how to get the boundary coordinate information from a map that gets panned or zoomed by user.
by bartek
HTML
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&.js"></script>
<strong>North-East:</strong> <span id="lat1"> </span>, <span id="lng1"></span>
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<strong>South-West:</strong> <span id="lat2"> </span>, <span id="lng2"></span>
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<strong>North-East:</strong> <span id="lat1x"> </span>, <span id="lng1x"></span>
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<strong>South-West:</strong> <span id="lat2x"> </span>, <span id="lng2x"></span>
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<div id="map"></div>
CSS
#map {
width: 450px;
height: 400px;
}
JavaScript
var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds(new google.maps.LatLng(52.52812794840794, 13.39259147644043),
new google.maps.LatLng(52.51768331130324, 13.41404914855957));
var map;
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 13,
center: bounds.getCenter(),
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
};
map = new google.maps.Map($('#map')[0], mapOptions);
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'idle', function () {
$('#lat1').html(map.getBounds().getNorthEast().lat());
$('#lng1').html(map.getBounds().getNorthEast().lng());
$('#lat2').html(map.getBounds().getSouthWest().lat());
$('#lng2').html(map.getBounds().getSouthWest().lng());
console.log(map.getBounds().getNorthEast())
console.log(map.getBounds().getSouthWest())
console.log(map.getBounds())
});
var MERCATOR_RANGE = 256;
function bound(value, opt_min, opt_max) {
if (opt_min != null) value = Math.max(value, opt_min);
if (opt_max != null) value = Math.min(value, opt_max);
return value;
}
function degreesToRadians(deg) {
return deg * (Math.PI / 180);
}
function radiansToDegrees(rad) {
return rad / (Math.PI / 180);
}
function MercatorProjection() {
this.pixelOrigin_ = new google.maps.Point(MERCATOR_RANGE / 2, MERCATOR_RANGE / 2);
this.pixelsPerLonDegree_ = MERCATOR_RANGE / 360;
this.pixelsPerLonRadian_ = MERCATOR_RANGE / (2 * Math.PI);
};
MercatorProjection.prototype.fromLatLngToPoint = function (latLng, opt_point) {
var me = this;
var point = opt_point || new google.maps.Point(0, 0);
var origin = me.pixelOrigin_;
point.x = origin.x + latLng.lng() * me.pixelsPerLonDegree_;
// NOTE(appleton): Truncating to 0.9999 effectively limits latitude to
// 89.189. This is about a third of a tile past the edge of the world tile.
var siny = bound(Math.sin(degreesToRadians(latLng.lat())), -0.9999, 0.9999);
point.y = origin.y + 0.5 * Math.log((1 + siny) / (1 - siny)) * -me.pixelsPerLonRadian_;
return...