Zoom problem

I'm doing my first Google Maps project and I got things working fine except I can't change the default zoom. I *think* I made the script changes right but obviously I'm missing something. Can someone take a look and see what it's not zoomed out about halfway (7)?

www.marinrealestatesearch.com/

THANKS!

Hiya,

According to your wagmp_map_1.js file, you have set the zoom level to 17 (not 7).

Originally Said By: neilo

  Hiya,

According to your wagmp_map_1.js file, you have set the zoom level to 17 (not 7).  

Sorry, I was testing it again. It's back to 7. And it's not working for me in IE7 or FF3.

It's also throwing an error that says: "Line 148. Invalid Arguement" if that has any bearing on the subject.

I'm still seeing 17 as the zoom. Did you re-upload your page and .js file?

The problem you are experiencing with the zoom may have to do with how you are setting in the js, I notice the set zoom functions in there and I do not believe they are necessary. The zoom is set in the js code with this line:

map.setCenter(point, 13);

So the default would be 13, this is the place where you should adjust the default zoom of the map.

Originally Said By: Eric Mittman

  The problem you are experiencing with the zoom may have to do with how you are setting in the js, I notice the set zoom functions in there and I do not believe they are necessary. The zoom is set in the js code with this line:

map.setCenter(point, 13);

So the default would be 13, this is the place where you should adjust the default zoom of the map.  

The WebAssist document about setting the Zoom Level says nothing about that. It tells you to add the code "map.setZoom(N);" to the document to change the default zoom level.

pro_maps_set_zoom_level_ht.pdf

Hiya md,

I'm not sure how much bearing this has on your particular problem, but I notice that you have entered the coordinates:

latitude: '122.640380859375',
longitude: '37.995080447032976',

You have the lat & long coordinates mixed up, they should be:

latitude: '37.995080447032976',
longitude: '-122.640380859375',

(Also note the minus before the longitude).

This may be confusing google.

Originally Said By: neilo

  Hiya md,

I'm not sure how much bearing this has on your particular problem, but I notice that you have entered the coordinates:

latitude: '122.640380859375',
longitude: '37.995080447032976',

You have the lat & long coordinates mixed up, they should be:

latitude: '37.995080447032976',
longitude: '-122.640380859375',

(Also note the minus before the longitude).

This may be confusing google.  

I'm using ADDRESS (focus "Kentfield"), not lat and long. If they're in there, the script must have inserted them.

I removed them manually but it's still working fine in FF and throwing that error and not default zooming properly in IE.

The set zoom should be doing as it states and sets the zoom, the function looks to be in the correction location with the correct map object specified. If you are still not getting it to work though then you should try setting the zoom on the set center function. Does this not work for you? Please let us know so we can check into this further if you still having problems with it.

It should not really matter how you implement the zoom. If you change the default values in the file then it should just use this value and would not be necessary to adjust it with the setzoom.

Originally Said By: Eric Mittman

  The set zoom should be doing as it states and sets the zoom, the function looks to be in the correction location with the correct map object specified. If you are still not getting it to work though then you should try setting the zoom on the set center function. Does this not work for you? Please let us know so we can check into this further if you still having problems with it.

It should not really matter how you implement the zoom. If you change the default values in the file then it should just use this value and would not be necessary to adjust it with the setzoom.  

This works in FF and IE (though IE is still showing an error on the page).

Thanks for helping, but why isn't this documented anywhere? Did I miss something? The posted How To telling you How To Change The Default Zoom doesn't mention this at all!