set Center and Zoom level according to a country

[vincent14]

Hello
it is not possible to show a Country, without using LatLng and Zoom
factor, but direct with the country name?
have a nice day
vincent

function initialize() {
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644);
var myOptions = {
zoom: *, // as Big the country is Andora would have a differnt
Zoom Level then China
center: latlng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};

[pete]

You need to use the Geocoder service to position a map by location
name
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/v3/examples/geocoding-simple.html

[Randy Johnson]

Is there a way to let the Google Maps API choose the zoom level when
using the geocoder service to show a country?

Thanks!

Randy

On Mar 2, 4:13 pm, pete <petejun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You need to use the Geocoder service to position a map by location

> namehttp://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/v3/examples/geocoding-...

>
> On Mar 2, 11:17 pm, vincent14 <vkoc...@weltmeer.ch> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello

> > it is not possible to show aCountry, without using LatLng and Zoom

> > factor, but direct with thecountryname?
> > have a nice day
> > vincent
>
> >  function initialize() {
> >     var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644);
> >     var myOptions = {

> >       zoom: *, // as Big thecountryis Andora would have a differnt

[Brak]

If you know the dimensions of a country, you could come up with a
LatLngBounds object, which you could use to automatically set the zoom
level to the right size. You just need the corners, technically.

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/v3/reference.html#LatLngBounds

[Randy Johnson]

Thank you,  I will do some research on that and see what I can come up with.

Randy

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[Marcelo]

On Mar 5, 9:40 pm, Randy Johnson <rjohnso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you,  I will do some research on that and see what I can come up with.
>

Here are the bounding boxes:
http://nearby.org.uk/coords/countries.csv

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> Randy
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Brak <brak.steph...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > If you know the dimensions of a country, you could come up with a
> > LatLngBounds object, which you could use to automatically set the zoom
> > level to the right size. You just need the corners, technically.
>

> >http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/v3/reference.html#LatL...

> > google-maps-js-a...@googlegroups.com<google-maps-js-api-v3%2B unsub...@googlegroups.com>

[vincent14]

Hello
it must be working with the Country Name
have a look what i found...
the thread
http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3/browse_thread/thread/822b416df3d19bfa
the example
http://gmaps-samples-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/geocoder/v3-geocoder-tool.html