4 <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
5 <title>Rectangle Overlay</title>
7 <style type="text/css">
24 font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
28 <script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
30 <script type="text/javascript">
38 * Called on the initial page load.
42 //window.alert("Init called");
44 var qs = GetQueryString();
45 //qs = decodeURIComponent(qs);
47 //Set map width if specified
48 if (!(typeof qs.width === "undefined")) {
49 document.getElementById('map').style.width=qs.width[0].concat("px");
50 //window.alert("width");
53 //Set map height if specified
54 if (!(typeof qs.height === "undefined")) {
55 document.getElementById('map').style.height=qs.height[0].concat("px");
56 //window.alert("height");
59 //Display help if expected parameters are not specified
60 if ( typeof qs.s === "undefined" || typeof qs.w === "undefined" || typeof qs.n === "undefined" || typeof qs.e === "undefined") {
61 document.getElementById('help').innerHTML='Pass the URI parameters as follow: \
63 <li>\'s\' for southernmost latitude.</li>\
64 <li>\'n\' for northernmost latitude.</li>\
65 <li>\'e\' for easternmost longitude.</li>\
66 <li>\'w\' for westernmost longitude.</li>\
67 <li>\'c\' Specify a <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_colornames.asp">color name</a> or value (use %23FFFFFF for white) for your rectangles.</li>\
68 <li>\'a\' Specify alpha opacity of your rectangle fill, it should be between 1 and 0. For instance 0.5 makes it half transparent.</li>\
69 <li>\'width\' Map width in pixels, default is 1200.</li>\
70 <li>\'height\' Map heigh in pixels, default is 800.</li>\
72 You can specify any number of rectangles.<br />\
73 Map will be centered on the first rectangle.<br />\
74 Click <a href="rectangle-overlay-params.html?w=8.619000&n=50.134350&e=8.714110&s=50.091180&w=8.657227&n=50.119630&e=8.673706&s=50.108644&w=8.652547&n=50.109318&e=8.658400&s=50.105320&c=black&c=%23FF0000&c=green&a=0.3&a=0.75&c=0.5">here</a> for an example.';
76 //Still display the map
77 map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
79 'center': new google.maps.LatLng(45,0),
80 'mapTypeId': google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
88 var latLngBounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds(
89 new google.maps.LatLng(qs.s[0], qs.w[0]),
90 new google.maps.LatLng(qs.n[0], qs.e[0])
93 map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
95 'center': new google.maps.LatLng(latLngBounds.getCenter().lat(),latLngBounds.getCenter().lng()),
96 'mapTypeId': google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
99 //window.alert(qs.s.length);
101 //Create all our rectangles
102 rectangles = []; //Create rectangles array
103 for (var i = 0; i < qs.s.length; i++) {
104 rectangles.push(new google.maps.Rectangle({ map: map,
105 fillColor: (typeof qs.c === "undefined" || typeof qs.c[i] === "undefined"?'#666666':decodeURIComponent(qs.c[i])),
106 fillOpacity: (typeof qs.a === "undefined" || typeof qs.a[i] === "undefined"?'0.2':decodeURIComponent(qs.a[i])),
107 strokeColor: (typeof qs.c === "undefined" || typeof qs.c[i] === "undefined"?'#666666':decodeURIComponent(qs.c[i])),
111 //window.alert(decodeURIComponent(qs.c[i]));
118 * Updates the Rectangle's bounds to resize its dimensions.
121 var qs = GetQueryString();
122 for (var i = 0; i < qs.s.length; i++) {
123 var latLngBounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds(
124 new google.maps.LatLng(qs.s[i], qs.w[i]),
125 new google.maps.LatLng(qs.n[i], qs.e[i])
127 rectangles[i].setBounds(latLngBounds);
132 * This function is anonymous, is executed immediately and
133 * the return value is assigned to QueryString!
135 function GetQueryString() {
136 var query_string = {};
137 var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
138 var vars = query.split("&");
139 //window.alert("URL param count: " + vars.length);
140 for (var i=0;i<vars.length;i++) {
141 var pair = vars[i].split("=");
142 // If first entry with this name
143 if ((typeof query_string[pair[0]] === "undefined") ) {
144 //Instantiate an array for that parameter
145 var arr = [ pair[1] ];
146 query_string[pair[0]] = arr;
147 //window.alert("Create param '" + pair[0] + "' with value: " + pair[1]);
149 //Add a value to our existing parameter array
150 //window.alert("Add param '" + pair[0] + "' with value: " + pair[1]);
151 query_string[pair[0]].push(pair[1]);
157 // Register an event listener to fire when the page finishes loading.
158 google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', init);
162 <h2>Google maps rectangle overlay</h2>
163 <div id="help"><a href='rectangle-overlay-params.html'>help</a></div>