If what you want is to put the map inside a div and then have other divs shown over it you have to use these CSS properties:
position: relative; position: absolute; and place the div that's going over, inside the first one. For example, I use a construction like this: <div style="position: relative;"> <div style="position: absolute">here goes the map</div> <div style="position: absolute; z-index: 10"> here goes the error message that's going to show up over the map </div> </div> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-js-api-v3/-/2ktcKFsC-jUJ. To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.