Get a handle on the actual google map object

Question

I'm trying to use the google places api on the same page as an openlayers map using olgm to serve and embedded google map.

I need to have a handle to the google map in order to construct the places api PlacesService:

var placesService = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(gmap);

However, olgm encapsulates the google map and I can't work out how to get a reference to it:

olgm.OLGoogleMaps = function(options) {
    ...
    var gmap = new google.maps.Map(gmapEl, {
    ...

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can access the Google Maps object if you have access to the olgm object:

var olGM = new olgm.OLGoogleMaps({map: map});
var gmap = olGM.getGoogleMapsMap();

For the debug version, if you are using the latest release (0.6 as of today), you can download it here, in the downloads section: https://github.com/mapgears/ol3-google-maps/releases/tag/v0.6

In the .zip you will find a file named ol3gm-debug.js

If you're building your own version, it should appear in the dist directory.