Hi Bill, Can you share the LC code and JS you are using?
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 29, 2017, at 9:59 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Folks: > I’ve found a way to display an image of a google static map, in my app. It’s > quite easy and well-documented. However, I need to get the lat and lon values > of the corners of the map, at the displayed zoom level. There is a > simple-looking javascript example for doing this at: > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12507274/how-to-get-bounds-of-a-google-static-map > > <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12507274/how-to-get-bounds-of-a-google-static-map> > My javascript knowledge is totally minimal and I am loath to learn javascript > just to get this one handler into livecode script. > > What I have is an application that plots geophysical data on a world map. The > map kind of ugly at very high magnifications and I thought the google map > would give me a nice map image, with a wider range of magnifications, and > minimize local storage space. What I will do is display the map image > (centered on a particular lat/lon and magnification) in a rectangle, then > take a snapshot, then copy my data symbols and images into the resulting > snapshot. This works very will with my current map. I know that I can draw > symbols directly on a google map using the map api, but it will be much more > direct, and build on existing code, if I do it as described. > > So if anyone who is familiar with javascript has a few moments to give me > some pointers on how I might convert this to LCS, I’d very much appreciate > it. What I’m scratching my head over is how to access the parameters from the > Google API to do the needed calculations. The link above is to the javascript > example. > > Thanks in advance, > Bill P > > William A. Prothero > http://earthlearningsolution.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
