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Google maps fit location to screen with different bounds


Firstly, I have been checking all over the web but I couldnt find an answer.

I combined autocomplete with goole maps and if a user wants, he/she can move the marker as well and I get address from it. You can find the code below.

When a user searches for instance Nice, France, is it possible to fit Nice from e.g borders to my map? Maybe I have to change the zoom dynamically or I need to set new viewport, I am not sure. So far what I found is, I can give a distance and create a circle to fit that circle to the viewport. But circle's radius is set, so it can fit to Nice but can not fit to Miami.

Hope I could explain what I mean. Thank you in advance.

<!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
        <title></title>
        <style>
            #map_canvas {
                width: 980px;
                height: 500px;
            }
            #current {
                padding-top: 5px;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <label>Enter address:</label><br>
        <input id="searchTextField" type="text" size="50" style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
        <section>
            <div id='map_canvas' style=""></div>
            <div id="current">No info...</div>
        </section>

        <div style="margin-top: 10px;" id="data_area">

        </div>

        <script>
            function initMap() {
                var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map_canvas'), {
                    zoom: 10,
                    center: new google.maps.LatLng(41.0082, 28.9784),
                    mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
                });

                var myMarker = new google.maps.Marker({
                    position: new google.maps.LatLng(41.0082, 28.9784),
                    draggable: true
                });
                var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder;
                var markers = [];
                markers.push(myMarker);

                var input = document.getElementById('searchTextField');
                var autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input);

                map.addListener('idle', function() {
                    console.log(map.getBounds());
                    var bounds = map.getBounds();
                    var ne = bounds.getNorthEast();
                    var sw = bounds.getSouthWest();


                });

                google.maps.event.addListener(autocomplete, 'place_changed', function () {
                    for (var i = 0; i < markers.length; i++) {
                        markers[i].setMap(null);
                    }
                    markers = [];

                    var place = autocomplete.getPlace();

                    var myMarker = new google.maps.Marker({
                        position: new google.maps.LatLng(place.geometry.location.lat(), place.geometry.location.lng()),
                        draggable: true
                    });

                    markers.push(myMarker);
                    map.setCenter(myMarker.position);
                    myMarker.setMap(map);

                    google.maps.event.clearListeners(myMarker, 'dragend');
                    google.maps.event.clearListeners(myMarker, 'dragstart');

                    drag(myMarker, geocoder, map);

                }); 

                drag(myMarker, geocoder, map);

                map.setCenter(myMarker.position);
                myMarker.setMap(map);
            }

            function drag(myMarker, geocoder, map) {
                geocodeLatLng(geocoder, map, myMarker.getPosition().lat(), myMarker.getPosition().lng());
                google.maps.event.addListener(myMarker, 'dragend', function (evt) {
                    document.getElementById('current').innerHTML = '<p>Lat: ' + evt.latLng.lat().toFixed(3) + ' Lng: ' + evt.latLng.lng().toFixed(3) + '</p>';
                    geocodeLatLng(geocoder, map, evt.latLng.lat(), evt.latLng.lng());
                });

                google.maps.event.addListener(myMarker, 'dragstart', function (evt) {
                    document.getElementById('current').innerHTML = '<p>Waiting...</p>';
                });
            }
            function geocodeLatLng(geocoder, map, lat, lng) {
                var input = lat + "," + lng;
                var latlngStr = input.split(',', 2);
                var latlng = {lat: parseFloat(latlngStr[0]), lng: parseFloat(latlngStr[1])};
                geocoder.geocode({'location': latlng}, function(results, status) {
                  if (status === 'OK') {
                    if (results[0]) {
                        console.log(results[0])
                      var data_arr = []



                      document.getElementById("data_area").innerHTML = "";

                      var data_country = results[0].address_components.find(function(element) { 
                        return element.types[0] == "country"; 
                      }); 
                      var data_administrative_1 = results[0].address_components.find(function(element) { 
                        return element.types[0] == "administrative_area_level_1"; 
                      }); 
                      var data_administrative_2 = results[0].address_components.find(function(element) { 
                        return element.types[0] == "administrative_area_level_2"; 
                      }); 
                      var data_administrative_3 = results[0].address_components.find(function(element) { 
                        return element.types[0] == "administrative_area_level_3"; 
                      }); 
                      var data_administrative_4 = results[0].address_components.find(function(element) { 
                        return element.types[0] == "administrative_area_level_4"; 
                      }); 
                      var data_route = results[0].address_components.find(function(element) { 
                        return element.types[0] == "route"; 
                      }); 

                      if (data_route !== undefined) {data_arr.push(data_route["long_name"]);}
                      if (data_administrative_4 !== undefined) {data_arr.push(data_administrative_4["long_name"]);}
                      if (data_administrative_3 !== undefined) {data_arr.push(data_administrative_3["long_name"]);}
                      if (data_administrative_2 !== undefined) {data_arr.push(data_administrative_2["long_name"]);}
                      if (data_administrative_1 !== undefined) {data_arr.push(data_administrative_1["long_name"]);}
                      if (data_country !== undefined) {data_arr.push(data_country["long_name"]);}

                        data_arr.forEach(function(data) { 
                            var node = document.createElement("LI"); 
                            var textnode = document.createTextNode(data);
                            node.appendChild(textnode);
                            document.getElementById("data_area").appendChild(node);
                        });
                    } else {
                      window.alert('No data!');
                    }
                  } else {
                    window.alert('Geocoder failed: ' + status);
                  }
                });
            }

        </script>

        <script async defer src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=places&key=MY_API_KEY&callback=initMap"></script>

    </body>
</html> 

Solution

  • The Autocomplete service returns the geometry of the location selected, zoom the map to show those bounds (in the fiddle/snippet I added a rectangle to show the bounds returned, if you don't want that displayed, remove it):

      var place = autocomplete.getPlace();
      if (place.geometry.viewport) {
        map.fitBounds(place.geometry.viewport);
      } else if (place.geometry.bounds) {
        map.fitBounds(place.geometry.bounds);
      } 
    

    proof of concept fiddle

    screenshot of resulting map

    html,
    body {
      height: 100%;
      width: 100%;
      padding: 0px;
      margin: 0px;
    }
    
    #map_canvas {
      width: 100%;
      height: 80%;
    }
    
    #current {
      padding-top: 5px;
    }
    <label>Enter address:</label><br>
    <input id="searchTextField" type="text" size="50" style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
    <section style="width: 100%; height:100%;">
      <div id='map_canvas' style=""></div>
      <div id="current">No info...</div>
    </section>
    
    <div style="margin-top: 10px;" id="data_area"></div>
    
    <script>
      var rect;
      var map;
    
      function initMap() {
        map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map_canvas'), {
          zoom: 10,
          center: new google.maps.LatLng(41.0082, 28.9784),
          mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
        });
    
        var myMarker = new google.maps.Marker({
          position: new google.maps.LatLng(41.0082, 28.9784),
          draggable: true
        });
        var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder;
        var markers = [];
        markers.push(myMarker);
    
        var input = document.getElementById('searchTextField');
        var autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input);
    
        map.addListener('idle', function() {
          console.log(map.getBounds());
          var bounds = map.getBounds();
          var ne = bounds.getNorthEast();
          var sw = bounds.getSouthWest();
        });
    
        google.maps.event.addListener(autocomplete, 'place_changed', function() {
          for (var i = 0; i < markers.length; i++) {
            markers[i].setMap(null);
          }
          markers = [];
    
          var place = autocomplete.getPlace();
          if (place.geometry.viewport) {
            map.fitBounds(place.geometry.viewport);
            if (rect && rect.setMap) rect.setMap(null);
            rect = new google.maps.Rectangle({
              map: map,
              bounds: place.geometry.viewport
            })
          } else if (place.geometry.bounds) {
            map.fitBounds(place.geometry.bounds);
            if (rect && rect.setMap) rect.setMap(null);
            rect = new google.maps.Rectangle({
              map: map,
              bounds: place.geometry.bounds
            })
          }
          var myMarker = new google.maps.Marker({
            position: new google.maps.LatLng(place.geometry.location.lat(), place.geometry.location.lng()),
            draggable: true
          });
    
          markers.push(myMarker);
          map.setCenter(myMarker.position);
          myMarker.setMap(map);
    
          google.maps.event.clearListeners(myMarker, 'dragend');
          google.maps.event.clearListeners(myMarker, 'dragstart');
    
          drag(myMarker, geocoder, map);
    
        });
    
        drag(myMarker, geocoder, map);
    
        map.setCenter(myMarker.position);
        myMarker.setMap(map);
      }
    
      function drag(myMarker, geocoder, map) {
        geocodeLatLng(geocoder, map, myMarker.getPosition().lat(), myMarker.getPosition().lng());
        google.maps.event.addListener(myMarker, 'dragend', function(evt) {
          document.getElementById('current').innerHTML = '<p>Lat: ' + evt.latLng.lat().toFixed(3) + ' Lng: ' + evt.latLng.lng().toFixed(3) + '</p>';
          geocodeLatLng(geocoder, map, evt.latLng.lat(), evt.latLng.lng());
        });
    
        google.maps.event.addListener(myMarker, 'dragstart', function(evt) {
          document.getElementById('current').innerHTML = '<p>Waiting...</p>';
        });
      }
    
      function geocodeLatLng(geocoder, map, lat, lng) {
        var input = lat + "," + lng;
        var latlngStr = input.split(',', 2);
        var latlng = {
          lat: parseFloat(latlngStr[0]),
          lng: parseFloat(latlngStr[1])
        };
        geocoder.geocode({
          'location': latlng
        }, function(results, status) {
          if (status === 'OK') {
            if (results[0]) {
              console.log(results[0])
              var data_arr = []
    
              document.getElementById("data_area").innerHTML = "";
    
              var data_country = results[0].address_components.find(function(element) {
                return element.types[0] == "country";
              });
              var data_administrative_1 = results[0].address_components.find(function(element) {
                return element.types[0] == "administrative_area_level_1";
              });
              var data_administrative_2 = results[0].address_components.find(function(element) {
                return element.types[0] == "administrative_area_level_2";
              });
              var data_administrative_3 = results[0].address_components.find(function(element) {
                return element.types[0] == "administrative_area_level_3";
              });
              var data_administrative_4 = results[0].address_components.find(function(element) {
                return element.types[0] == "administrative_area_level_4";
              });
              var data_route = results[0].address_components.find(function(element) {
                return element.types[0] == "route";
              });
    
              if (data_route !== undefined) {
                data_arr.push(data_route["long_name"]);
              }
              if (data_administrative_4 !== undefined) {
                data_arr.push(data_administrative_4["long_name"]);
              }
              if (data_administrative_3 !== undefined) {
                data_arr.push(data_administrative_3["long_name"]);
              }
              if (data_administrative_2 !== undefined) {
                data_arr.push(data_administrative_2["long_name"]);
              }
              if (data_administrative_1 !== undefined) {
                data_arr.push(data_administrative_1["long_name"]);
              }
              if (data_country !== undefined) {
                data_arr.push(data_country["long_name"]);
              }
    
              data_arr.forEach(function(data) {
                var node = document.createElement("LI");
                var textnode = document.createTextNode(data);
                node.appendChild(textnode);
                document.getElementById("data_area").appendChild(node);
              });
            } else {
              window.alert('No data!');
            }
          } else {
            window.alert('Geocoder failed: ' + status);
          }
        });
      }
    </script>
    
    <script async defer src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=places&key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk&callback=initMap"></script>