I am developing a custom imagemap type map without geo referencing i.e. latlng of my map do not relate to acutal latlng of that place. Now i have also created custom streetview panoramas of certain buildings and places in that map.
The issue is am not able to integrate those custom streetview panoramas with my custom imagemap.
Following is the link to see whats going on:
http://cdi.astateweb.org/virtual_tour/
First Approach:
There are two markers on the map right now. When you click on them a small infobubble pops up. Now when you click on the virtual tour link a dialog comes up. I want to load the custom streetview panorama in that dialog. I tried several things but to no avail. I am trying to reuse the same dialog for both markers. I tried initializing the panorama in jquery ui dialog open function. It worked for the first one but when you close the dialog and open it again it fails with some cbk error from google apis.
SECOND APPROACH:
I tried to use the default streetview pegman such that when the pegman is dropped on a certain building or place which has a panorama the streetview comes up just like in normal google maps. This didn't work either.
Can somebody point me to the right direction. Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thanks
Ok, try like this:
Change at line 41
from
'Virtual Tour'
to
'Virtual Tour'
Change at line 96
$("#dialog").dialog({
autoOpen: false,
width: 650,
open: function() {
console.log($("#" + virtualTour.currentPano));
$("#" + virtualTour.currentPano).appendTo("#dialog").css("display", "block");
},
close: function() {
$("#" + virtualTour.currentPano).appendTo("body").css("display", "none");
}
});
And the below code to add into "createMarker" function.
//After this line.
virtualTour.hotspotArray.push(marker);
//Add this code.
setTimeout(function(){
document.getElementById(pano).style.display = "none";
}, 100);
I have a Google Map Version 3 that I can't quite get working as I want. When the map opens there are several markers on the page and clicking or hovering on the marker opens a little InfoBox with the name of the hotel. Clicking on another marker closes the first InfoBox and opens a new one on the new marker. The problem comes with closing the last InfoBox.
If I allow the closeBox in the options, the closeBox (little cross in a square) gets left on the screen when the rest of the InfoBox is closed. This only happens when the InfoBox closes because another one has been opened. As I can't find a solution to this, I intended to do away with the closeBox and let users click a blank area of map to get rid of the final InfoBox. However, at the moment, that doesn't work either.
The problem page can be seen at http://www.littlehotels-testdomain.co.uk/spain/abadia.php (click on "See a location map for this hotel" just to the right of the photo).
The bit of code which should make this work is:
google.maps.event.addListener(hotelmarker, 'mouseover', function() {
var ib = new InfoBox(ibOptions);
boxText.innerHTML = hotelname;
ib.open(map, hotelmarker);
});
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function() {
ib.close(map, hotelmarker);
});
Is there something in the second event listener that I am missing?
You need to make your ib (infoBox reference) global. Put it outside your Listener functions.
Andy's 47th rule of JavaScript programming: never use a global variable to accomplish something you can do with a single line using jQuery:
$(".infoBox").hide();
I have a Google Map that loads a layer of markers from a KML file. Each placemark has an ID (simply id="1" through id="25").
Is it possible to open a specific placemark's infowindow from a URL parameter? If so, how?
The idea is that an address on another page is linked to its corresponding placemark http://MAPURL.COM/?id=4 or something.
Here's a jsfiddle to see the whole thing in action:
http://jsfiddle.net/natejones/JAyCF/3/
Thanks!
Your customization options are really limited using a KML Overlay. As far as I know there's no way to open a KML marker's InfoWindow without going through and clicking on the marker; the InfoWindow isn't always loaded in many cases until the KmlLayer's click event is fired.
I'd suggest using native marker elements (google.maps.Marker) which would easily let you trigger an InfoWindow's open event.
As of Google Maps API v3.6, maps now include "points of interest", which are gray markers embedded into a map. When the user clicks on this icon, an InfoWindow appears with information about that business (or park, hospital, etc.)
These can be turned off by setting the Styling. (See "Style Array Example")
https://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/styling.html
Once they are turned off, the icons, names, and shaded regions (for parks and hospitals) go away.
Before Google Maps API v3.6, there were no icons; only the names and regions.
The question: is there a way to remove the "click icon to open info window" behavior of these points of interest? I still want to keep the icons, names, and regions; only want to remove the click behavior.
Alternate question: is there a way to download/save the JavaScript of the v3.5 of Google Maps API to store on my server? At present, v3.5 is working fine for what I need. In February, Google will no longer provide v3.5 of the code and will instead provide only v3.6, v3.7, v3.8.
Retiring of minor versions of Google Maps API v3, and using the "frozen" version of an API:
https://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/basics.html#Versioning
Things I've tried and considered: Adding an event listener when the map is clicked does not work, because the embedded markers are clicked instead of the map. Adding "clickable: false" as a property was a shot in the dark, with no result. Setting "visiblility: off" removes it all, leaving the map with less content. Setting "visibility: simplified" removes the name of the location, though the onclick behavior is still present. Putting an invisible DIV overlaying the map might work, though it would remove the ability to pan/zoom/drag the map without increasing complexity.
Setting a style so that featureType: poi, elementType: labels, visibility: off will result in showing the pink/gray/green regions for hospitals/cemeteries/parks, without the marker or name. It returns more color to the map.
I'm not sure if this is still relevant to you, but Google did, indeed, solve the issue on April, 2016, all you need to do is clickableIcons to false in MapOptions
This issue has been logged with google at:
http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=3866
Please star and comment your needs on this issue there.
I'm not sure this is not a violation of the Google Maps TOS, it's a bit hacky, and doesn't work on IE < 9, but you can listen on dom event,
to detect the creation of the window, using Mutation Observer
Here is a plunkr to demonstrate : http://plnkr.co/edit/pGep9OZFligLhRtHlhgk
You can check in the console, an event is fired (actually twice) when you click on a POI, and the window is hidden
By referencing this URL (https://stackoverflow.com/a/24234818/6160436), I somehow managed to hide the Info windows of POI and call the click event listener of map when the user clicks on the POI.
But I'm not sure whether this violates TOS or not, so use at your own risk.
//keep a reference to the original setPosition-function
var fx = google.maps.InfoWindow.prototype.setPosition;
//override the built-in setPosition-method
google.maps.InfoWindow.prototype.setPosition = function () {
//this property isn't documented, but as it seems
//it's only defined for InfoWindows opened on POI's
if (this.logAsInternal) {
if (this.getPosition()) {
console.log(this.getPosition());
google.maps.event.trigger(map, 'click', {latLng: this.getPosition()});
}
else{
google.maps.event.addListenerOnce(this, 'map_changed',function () {
console.log(this.getPosition());
google.maps.event.trigger(map, 'click', {latLng: this.getPosition()});
// var map = this.getMap();
// //the infoWindow will be opened, usually after a click on a POI
// if (map) {
//trigger the click
var removeInfoWindow = null;
removeInfoWindow = setInterval(function(){
if ($('.gm-style-iw').parent().length) {
$('.gm-style-iw').parent().hide();
clearInterval(removeInfoWindow);
};
},1);
// }
});
};
}
//call the original setPosition-method
fx.apply(this, arguments);
};
google.maps.event.addListener(map,'click',function(e){
alert('clicked #'+e.latLng.toString())
console.log('ok');
});
A couple of things to be aware of:
1)
If your map is high traffic, you may find yourself in violation of the Google Maps TOS. You're supposed to use an official version. If it's your own blog or something else low traffic, nobody will notice or care.
2)
This is only conjecture on my part, but I noticed these POI's myself and got annoyed by them. I am pretty sure these are paid-for "inline ads", so to speak. Some gas stations and diner chains have them, so you will soon see Google maps being spammed with these POI markers. If they allow those to be turned off in the API, it kind of goes against the business interests of those who paid for the POI icon... so I highly doubt that you will be able to remove them.
If you do find a way,please please DO POST the solution! Thanks.
I'm looking to replace the default Google Maps API InfoWindow with a Fancybox overlay.
Version
Google Maps API 3.0
Goal
Replace the default Infowindow with a Fancybox popup
Use Case
Google map is loaded up in full screen (100% by 100%)
Markers are placed onto the map
User clicks on a marker and is shown a Fancybox popup that overlays the map
User clicks on "X" in the top right hand corner of the Fancybox to close it
I'm at a loss as to how best to tackle this. Is it easiest to call Fancybox using the addListener event handler, passing in the marker as a parameter? If so, how would any of you recommend doing this?
For example:
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function(){
// Call Fancybox, but how?
});
Thank you in advance,
Graham Kennedy
I've found that the best way to go about this is to pass in your content manually with Fancybox's href method. Works like a charm for me.
function addMarker(data) {
// build the window contents
var contentForBox = data;
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
$.fancybox({
href: contentForBox
// other options
});
});
}