Implementing Google maps with with jQuery
is quite easy once you know it. In this tip I am going to demonstrate
how it can be done.
The prerequisites of the plugin are jQuery and google maps. You will need to
obtain your own Google API Key
<html> <head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Google MAPS in jQuery</title>
<style type="text/css"
media="screen">
#map { float:left; width:500px; height:500px; }
#list { float:left; width:200px; background:#eee; list-style:none; padding:0; }
#list li { padding:10px; }
#list li:hover { background:#555; color:#fff; cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; }
#message { position:absolute; padding:10px; background:#555; color:#fff; width:75px; }
</style>
<style media="screen"type="text/css">#map { width:500px; height:500px; }</style>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=YOUR API KEY"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"charset="utf-8">
google.load("maps","2.x");
google.load("jquery","1.3.1");
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<ul id="list"></ul>
<div id="message"style="display:none;">Hi vicky</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
var divMap=document.getElementById("map");
var map = new GMap2(divMap);
var chennai = new GLatLng(13.060422,80.249583);
map.setCenter(chennai,8);
var bounds = map.getBounds();
var southWest = bounds.getSouthWest();
var northEast = bounds.getNorthEast();
var lngSpan = northEast.lng() - southWest.lng();
var latSpan = northEast.lat() - southWest.lat();
var markers = [];
for (var i = 0; i<10; i++) {
var point = new
GLatLng(southWest.lat() + latSpan * Math.random(),
southWest.lng() + lngSpan *
Math.random());
marker = new GMarker(point);
map.addOverlay(marker);
markers[i] = marker;
}
$(markers).each(function(i,marker){
GEvent.addListener(marker,"click", function(){
map.panTo(marker.getLatLng());
});
});
$("<li/>").html("Point"+i).click(function(){
map.panTo(marker.getLatLng());
}).appendTo("#list");
$("#message").appendTo(map.getPane(G_MAP_FLOAT_SHADOW_PANE));
});
function
displayPoint(marker,index){
$("#message").hide();
var moveEnd = GEvent.addListener(map,"moveend", function(){
var markerOffset = map.fromLatLngToDivPixel(marker.getLatLng());
$("#message").fadeIn().css({ top:markerOffset.y,
left:markerOffset.x });
GEvent.removeListener(moveEnd);
});
map.panTo(marker.getLatLng());
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
