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");
60 if (!(typeof qs.anim === "undefined")) {
62 //window.alert("Using animation mode");
65 var intervalInMs=3000; //default to n seconds
66 if (!(typeof qs.interval === "undefined")) {
67 intervalInMs=qs.interval[0];
68 //window.alert("Interval: " + intervalInMs + " ms");
71 var step=1; //default to n seconds
72 if (!(typeof qs.step === "undefined")) {
74 //window.alert("Step: " + step);
77 //Display help if expected parameters are not specified
78 if ( typeof qs.s === "undefined" || typeof qs.w === "undefined" || typeof qs.n === "undefined" || typeof qs.e === "undefined") {
79 document.getElementById('help').innerHTML='Pass the URI parameters as follow: \
81 <li>\'s\' for southernmost latitude.</li>\
82 <li>\'n\' for northernmost latitude.</li>\
83 <li>\'e\' for easternmost longitude.</li>\
84 <li>\'w\' for westernmost longitude.</li>\
85 <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>\
86 <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>\
87 <li>\'width\' Map width in pixels, default is 1200.</li>\
88 <li>\'height\' Map heigh in pixels, default is 800.</li>\
90 You can specify any number of rectangles.<br />\
91 Map will be centered on the first rectangle.<br />\
92 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.';
94 //Still display the map
95 map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
97 'center': new google.maps.LatLng(45,0),
98 'mapTypeId': google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
104 //We are not displaying help
105 //Init our map position and zoom
106 var latLngBounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds(
107 new google.maps.LatLng(qs.s[0], qs.w[0]),
108 new google.maps.LatLng(qs.n[0], qs.e[0])
111 map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
113 'center': new google.maps.LatLng(latLngBounds.getCenter().lat(),latLngBounds.getCenter().lng()),
114 'mapTypeId': google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
118 //We are not doing animation so just display all our rectangles
119 //window.alert(qs.s.length);
120 //Create all our rectangles
121 rectangles = []; //Create rectangles array
122 for (var i = 0; i < qs.s.length; i++) {
123 rectangles.push(new google.maps.Rectangle({ map: map,
124 fillColor: (typeof qs.c === "undefined" || typeof qs.c[i] === "undefined"?'#666666':decodeURIComponent(qs.c[i])),
125 fillOpacity: (typeof qs.a === "undefined" || typeof qs.a[i] === "undefined"?'0.2':decodeURIComponent(qs.a[i])),
126 strokeColor: (typeof qs.c === "undefined" || typeof qs.c[i] === "undefined"?'#666666':decodeURIComponent(qs.c[i])),
129 bounds: new google.maps.LatLngBounds(
130 new google.maps.LatLng(qs.s[i], qs.w[i]),
131 new google.maps.LatLng(qs.n[i], qs.e[i]))
133 //window.alert(decodeURIComponent(qs.c[i]));
138 rectangles = []; //Create rectangles array
139 //We are doing an animation so just setup our timer
140 var animTimer=setInterval(function(){
142 if ((currentRect+step)<qs.s.length) {
143 //We are still in range, display our rect
144 for (var i=currentRect; i<(currentRect+step); i++) {
145 rectangles.push(new google.maps.Rectangle({ map: map,
146 fillColor: (typeof qs.c === "undefined" || typeof qs.c[i] === "undefined"?'#666666':decodeURIComponent(qs.c[i])),
147 fillOpacity: (typeof qs.a === "undefined" || typeof qs.a[i] === "undefined"?'0.2':decodeURIComponent(qs.a[i])),
148 strokeColor: (typeof qs.c === "undefined" || typeof qs.c[i] === "undefined"?'#666666':decodeURIComponent(qs.c[i])),
151 bounds: new google.maps.LatLngBounds(
152 new google.maps.LatLng(qs.s[i], qs.w[i]),
153 new google.maps.LatLng(qs.n[i], qs.e[i]))
158 //Not in range, go back to 0
160 //Stop interval for now
161 window.clearInterval(animTimer);
164 //Move on to next frame
175 * This function is anonymous, is executed immediately and
176 * the return value is assigned to QueryString!
178 function GetQueryString() {
179 var query_string = {};
180 var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
181 var vars = query.split("&");
182 //window.alert("URL param count: " + vars.length);
183 for (var i=0;i<vars.length;i++) {
184 var pair = vars[i].split("=");
185 // If first entry with this name
186 if ((typeof query_string[pair[0]] === "undefined") ) {
187 //Instantiate an array for that parameter
188 var arr = [ pair[1] ];
189 query_string[pair[0]] = arr;
190 //window.alert("Create param '" + pair[0] + "' with value: " + pair[1]);
192 //Add a value to our existing parameter array
193 //window.alert("Add param '" + pair[0] + "' with value: " + pair[1]);
194 query_string[pair[0]].push(pair[1]);
200 // Register an event listener to fire when the page finishes loading.
201 google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', init);
205 <h2>Google maps rectangle overlay</h2>
206 <div id="help"><a href='rectangle-overlay-params.html'>help</a></div>