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V2.166

01-Jul-2009

New Map Type 

 G_HYBRID_3D_MAP

V3.7

25-Jun-2009

Deleted event 

 map "load"

New event 

 map "staticmaploaded"

V2.165

24-Jun-2009

New Classes 

 GDirectionsRenderer
 GOrientable

Deleted Methods 

 GGeoXml.getKmlAsync()
 GLayer.getKmlAsync()
 GMarker.getKmlAsync()
 GPolygon.getKmlAsync()
 GPolyline.getKmlAsync()
 GStreetviewOverlay.getKmlAsync()

New Methods 

 GDirectionsRenderer.clear()
 GDirectionsRenderer.renderResult()
 GDirectionsRenderer.renderTrip()
 GGeoXml.getKml()
 GLayer.getKml()
 GMarker.getKml()
 GPolygon.getKml()
 GPolyline.getKml()
 GStreetviewOverlay.getKml()

New Static Method 

 GDirections.getDirections()

New Constant 

 G_TRAVEL_MODE_TRANSIT

V2.164

17-Jun-2009

No syntax changes.

V3.6

11-Jun-2009

No syntax changes.

V2.163

10-Jun-2009

New Constants 

 G_ADSMANAGER_STYLE_ADUNIT = "adunit"
 G_ADSMANAGER_STYLE_ICON = "icon"

Deleted external modules 

 api_directions_module
 display_manager
 kml_util
 marker_manager
 traffic_api
 uri_renderer

New GMapOptions 

 noResize (reintroduced after being deleted in v2.162)

V2.162

03-Jun-2009

New Methods 

 GNavLabelControl.setMinAddressLinkLevel()
 jstiming.Timer()

New parameters 

 jstiming.load

Deleted external modules 

 controls_api
 extended_dom

Deleted GMapTypeOptions 

 enableZoomLevelLimits

Deleted GMapOptions 

 mapOrderMarkers
 noResize
 suppressCopyright
 usageType

New GMarkerOptions 

 {dragCross:false}

V3.5

27-May-2009

Initial public release of API version 3. No syntax changes.

V3.4

Date unknown

New properties 

 MarkerImage.anchor
 MarkerImage.origin
 MarkerImage.size

Deleted methods 

 Marker.get_draggable()
 Marker.set_draggable()
 
 MarkerImage.get_anchor()
 MarkerImage.get_origin()
 MarkerImage.get_url()

V3.3

Date unknown

No syntax changes.

V3.2

Date unknown

No syntax changes.

V3.1

Date unknown

Initial non-public release of API v3.

V2.160

20-May-2009

New behaviour 

 Key validation is skipped for the googlegroups.com domain

V2.159

14-May-2009

Changed behaviour 

 Notices if the agent is "Android"

V2.158

06-May-2009

New poly Option 

 {mouseOutTolerance:number}

New Methods 

 G_HYBRID_MAP.getMaxZoomAtLatLng(latlng,callback)
 G_NORMAL_MAP.getMaxZoomAtLatLng(latlng,callback)
 G_SATELLITE_MAP.getMaxZoomAtLatLng(latlng,callback)
 G_SATELLITE_3D_MAP.getMaxZoomAtLatLng(latlng,callback)

V2.157

29-Apr-2009

New Method 

 GStreetviewPanorama.getScreenPoint()

V2.156

22-Apr-2009

New Class 

 GBandwidth

New Constants 

 GBandwidth.ALLOW_ALL  = 3
 GBandwidth.ALLOW_KEEP = 1
 GBandwidth.ALLOW_ONE  = 2
 GBandwidth.DENY       = 0

New Properties 

 GBandwidth.hybTileLayer
 GBandwidth.mapTileLayer
 GBandwidth.satTileLayer
 GBandwidth.terTileLayer

New Static Methods 

 GBandwidth.forceLowBandwidthMode(a)
 GBandwidth.getLowBandwidthPath()
 GBandwidth.initializeLowBandwidthMapLayers()
 GBandwidth.isInLowBandwidthMode()
 GBandwidth.setLowBandwidthMode(a)
 GBandwidth.setupBandwidthHandler(a,b,c)
 GBandwidth.trackTileLoad(a,b)

New event 

 GMarker "initialized"

V2.155

17-Apr-2009

Classes Deleted 

 jstiming
 GGjw

V2.154

10-Apr-2009

New Class 

 jstiming

New Methods 

 jstiming.Timer(a)
 jstiming.getLabels(a)
 jstiming.getTick(a,b,c)
 jstiming.report(a,b,c)
 jstiming.setTimerName(a,b)

New Parameters 

 jstiming.load

New external module 

 mod_jslinker

V2.153

02-Apr-2009

(Crashes as soon as you try to create a GMap2() object. The API tries to call window.jstiming.Timer(), but there is no such thing.)

New external modules 

 mod_controls_api
 mod_tileshift

Removed external modules 

 mod_controls
 mod_lyrsctrl

Deleted Class 

 GLocalContents

Possibly many events deleted (I can't be sure without being able to run the code).

V2.152

25-Mar-2009

(Crashes as soon as you try to create a GMap2() object. The API tries to call window.jstiming.Timer(), but there is no such thing.)

New Events 

 "failed"
 "flashcloseinfowindow"
 "flashopeninfowindow"
 "flashshowinfowindowcontent"

V2.151

17-Mar-2009

Deleted static methods 

 GBounds.intersection()
 GBounds.intersects()
 GLatLng.fromRadians()

New event 

 "flashstatsflow"

Key validation changes 

 Key validation is skipped for the googleusercontent.com domain

V2.150

11 Mar 2009

New event 

 "dapperreport"

V2.149

04 Mar 2009

Deleted loader token 

 _mSvgForced

New recognised browser 

 chrome

New event 

 iwdragupdate

V2.148

24 Feb 2009

New Class 

 GLanguage

New Static Methods 

 GLanguage.getLanguageCode()
 GLanguage.isRtl()

New Methods 

 GProjection.getNearestImage(pixel,zoom,centrepixel)
 GMercatorProjection.getNearestImage(pixel,zoom,centrepixel)

New Events 

 nextpointgone
 nextpointmoved
 visibletilesloaded

V2.147

17 Feb 2009

External modules deleted 

 mod_gears.js

External modules added 

 mod_mylocation.js

New events 

 maximizesizechanged

V2.146

10 Feb 2009

New Class 

 GMapUIOptions()

Deleted Methods 

 map.setDefaultUI()
 GGjw.search()
 GGjw.setCache()
 GGjw.setSearchCountryCode()
 GGjw.setSearchViewport()

 GMarker.bindInfoWindowTabsHtml() was deleted from 146a and 146b but reinstated

New Methods 

 map.setUIToDefault()
 GClientGeocoder.getAddressInBounds()

Changed behaviour 

 The GLog panel is always displayed, even if you never call GLog.

V2.145

04 Feb 2009

New Methods 

 map.getDefaultUI()
 map.setDefaultUI()
 map.setUI()

Browser Support 

 Mozilla Minefield and Mozilla Shiretoko are now treated as if they were Firefox rather than Mozilla

New GMapOption 

 {itc:id} The parameter is the id of a HTMLElement

V2.144

28 Jan 2009

New Classes 

 GLargeMapControl3D
 GSmallZoomControl3D

New Properties 

 GStreetviewClient.ReturnValues
 GStreetviewPanorama.ErrorValues

V2.143

21 Jan 2009

New Methods 

 map.enablePinchToZoom()
 map.disablePinchToZoom()
 map.pinchToZoomEnabled()

New events 

 gesturestart
 gesturechange
 gestureend

New external module 

 mod_quadtree.js

V2.142

14 Jan 2009

No syntax changes

V2.141

7 Jan 2009

Deleted Methods 

GGroundOverlay.prototype.getKmlAsync()
GInfoWindow.getKmlAsync()
GTrafficOverlay.prototype.getKmlAsync()
GScreenOverlay.prototype.getKmlAsync()

New Classes 

GNavLabelControl

New Methods 

map.getEventContract()
GNavLabelControl.allowSetVisibility()
GNavLabelControl.clear()
GNavLabelControl.getDefaultPosition()
GNavLabelControl.initialize()
GNavLabelControl.printable()
GNavLabelControl.selectable()

New Events 

"photoidchanged"
"viewchangeend"

New sprite option 

left

The MARS, MOON and SKY map types were unintentionally deleted from v2.141a through v2.141d, but have been reinstated in v141e 

G_MARS_ELEVATION_MAP
G_MARS_INFRARED_MAP
G_MARS_VISIBLE_MAP
G_MOON_ELEVATION_MAP
G_MOON_VISIBLE_MAP
G_SKY_VISIBLE_MAP
G_MARS_MAP_TYPES
G_MOON_MAP_TYPES
G_SKY_MAP_TYPES

V2.140

10 Dec 2008

No syntax changes

V2.139

3 Dec 2008

New Map Types 

 G_MAPMAKER_NORMAL_MAP
 G_MAPMAKER_HYBRID_MAP

New Map Type Set 

 G_MAPMAKER_MAP_TYPES

New MapOption 

 supports2dMapTypesOnly	boolean

New GoogleBarOption 

 experimentalLscStyle		boolean

New external modules 

 mod_scrollwheel.js
 mod_uri_renderer.js
 mod_gears.js

New events 

 touchstart
 touchend
 touchmove
 touchcancel

New property 

 GMapType.PIXEL_MARGIN		default 3

Behaviour changes 

 GMapType.getSpanZoomLevel adds a margin specified by the PIXEL_MARGIN

V2.138

18 Nov 2008

New methods 

 GGjw.setCache()
 GGjw.setSearchCountryCode()
 GGjw.setSearchViewport()

V2.137

11 Nov 2008

New Class 

  GGjw

New Methods 

  GGjw.search()
  GTileLayerOverlay.getKmlAsync(callback)
  GStreetviewOverlay.getKmlAsync(callback)

Deleted Methods 

  GClientGeocoder.getAddress()

New external modules 

  mod_api_directions_module.js
  mod_legacy_api_gc.js

New event 

  "paste"

V2.136

05 Nov 2008

Deleted External Modules 

 api_infowindow
 control

New External Modules 

 controls

New event 

 "reportaction"

New GTileOverlayOption 

 {statsFlowType:string} default = ""

V2.135

28 Oct 2008

New constant 

 G_LAYER_PARAM_DENSITY_MODIFIER = "dm"

Deleted Method 

 GInfoWindow.reposition()

Deleted property 

 GLayer.initialized

New event 

 "balloonclose"

Changed parameters 

 GCopyright now has 7 parameters instead of 6.
 The 7th parameter is a featureTriggers[] array

Changed return information 

 The Objects in the array returned by GMapType.getCopyrights()
 now includes featureTriggers information if there is any.

V2.134

21 Oct 2008

No syntax changes

V2.133

14 Oct 2008

New Class 

 GLocalContents() - currently switched off by loader token _mF[159]

New methods 

 GLocalContents.getContent() - currently switched off by loader token _mF[159]
 GLocalContents.clear() - currently switched off by loader token _mF[159]

 GLayer.setParameter(a,b)

New constant: 

 G_LAYER_PARAM_COLOR = "c"

Deleted methods 

 GAdsManager.copy()  
 GHierarchicalMapTypeControl.copy()
 GKeyboardHandler.copy()
 GLargeMapControl.copy()
 GMapTypeControl.copy()
 GMarkerManager.copy()
 GOverviewMapControl.copy()
 GScaleControl.copy()
 GSmallMapControl.copy()
 GSmallZoomControl.copy()
 GMenuMapTypeControl.copy()
 GStreetviewPanorama.copy()

New methods 

 GLayer.setParameter(a,b)

New external module 

 mod_trends_api.js

V2.132

7 Oct 2008

New methods 

 GMarker.getKmlAsync(callback)
 GPolygon.getKmlAsync(callback)
 GPolyline.getKmlAsync(callback)

New external module 

 mod_kml_util.js


V2.131

30 Sep 2008

Deleted Class 

  GJsLoaderInit

New Class 

  GLayer

New Methods 

  GGeoXml.prototype.getKmlAsync()
  GGroundOverlay.prototype.getKmlAsync()
  GInfoWindow.getKmlAsync()
  GLayer.prototype
  GLayer.prototype.copy()
  GLayer.prototype.getKmlAsync()
  GLayer.prototype.hide()
  GLayer.prototype.initialize()
  GLayer.prototype.initialized
  GLayer.prototype.isHidden()
  GLayer.prototype.redraw()
  GLayer.prototype.remove()
  GLayer.prototype.show()
  GTrafficOverlay.prototype.getKmlAsync()
  GScreenOverlay.prototype.getKmlAsync()

New static methods 

  GLayer.addInitializer()

New loader parameters 

  tile_override

V2.130

23 Sep 2008

No syntax changes

V2.129

17 Sep 2008

Changed parameters 

 GMap.updateCurrentTab() accepts 3 parameters instead of 2
 GMap.updateInfoWindow() accepts 3 parameters instead of 2

New Class 

 GLayer()

New Methods: 

 GLayer.copy();
 GLayer.hide();
 GLayer.initialize();
 GLayer.isHidden();
 GLayer.redraw();
 GLayer.remove();
 GLayer.show();

New static methods 

 GLayer.addInitializer();

New properties 

 GLayer.initialized

new external modules 

 mod_lyrs
 mod_panoramio_iw
 mod_wikipedia_iw
 mod_youtube_iw

V2.128

9 Sep 2008

There don't appear to be any syntax changes

V2.127

2 Sep 2008

New Constant 

 G_MAP_OVERLAY_LAYER_PANE = 1

New External Modules 

 mod_nl
 mod_touch

V2.126

29 Aug 2008

New release numbering system. There is no v2.126, but there are v2.126a, v2.126b, v2.126c and v2.126d.

New Methods 

  GKeyboardHandler.copy()
  GLargeMapControl.copy()

New parameters 

  GLargeMapControl.intitialize takes one parameter instead of two

New external modules 

  mod_control
  mod_keyboard

Deleted external module 

  mod_control_api

V2.125

19 Aug 2008

New event 

  map "panzoombyuser"

New method 

  GMarkerManager.prototype.copy()

New external modules 

  mod_arrow
  mod_display_manager
  mod_earth
  mod_marker_manager
  mod_log

V2.124

11 Aug 2008

New external module 

 mod_tbr

New constants 

 G_TRAVEL_MODE_DRIVING = 0
 G_TRAVEL_MODE_WALKING = 1

New GDirectionsOptions 

 avoidHighways		bool
 travelMode		use one of the new constants

Changed paramaters 

 new GMaptype() now has an indeterminate number of parameters

Events 

 map "panto"
     returns parameter "mdrag" when the map is dragged
 map "zoomto"
     returns parameter "dclk" or "drclk" when double click zoom is performed

V2.123

5 Aug 2008

new Modules 

  extended_dom
  api_infowindow

V2.122

30 Jul 2008

new Event 

  GLargeMapControl "zoomto"
       Is only triggered when the slider is used.
       There is one parameter, which can be "zs_drag" or "zb_click"

changed behaviour 

  Notices if the agent is iPod or iPhone

V2.121

23 Jul 2008

New Methods 

 GSize.getHeightString()
 GSize.getWidthString()

New static Method 

 GLatLngBounds.fromUrlValue(string)

New external module 

 mod_jslinker

V2.120

16 Jul 2008

New events 

  beforetilesload
  infowindowcontentset

V2.119

08 Jul 2008

New loader token 

 _mJavascriptVersion   returns the version number of the *Latest* API release

New constant 

 G_API_VERSION         returns the contents of _mJavascriptVersion

New event 

 "maxiframeremove"

New methods 

 GInfoWindow.copy()
 GInfoWindow.reposition(latlng)

New property 

 GIcon.sprite          Reference to an object that has a .image, .width and .height 
                       If it exists, the GIcon.sprite will be used instead of the GIcon.image and GIcon.iconSize

Changed parameters 

 new GClientGeocoder
 new GLatLng
 new GLatLngBounds

now accept indeterminate numbers of parameters


New Polyline/Polygon technology 

 CANVAS

There are now four poly rendering technologies 0: Image server 1: VML 2: SVG 3: CANVAS

V2.118

24 Jun 2008

There appear to be no syntax changes.

V2.117

17 Jun 2008

New method: 

 GControl.allowSetVisibility()

New GAdsManagerOption 

  mode
      Possible values are {mode:experimental} and {mode:classic}

V2.116

11 Jun 2008

new Method: 

 GOverviewMapControl.setMapType()

new GMapOptions: 

 copyrightOptions      {list of GCopyrightOptions}

new GCopyrightOptions 

 googleCopyright       bool    
 separator             string, default " - "
 showTosLink           bool,   default true

The settings are ignored if the seventh parameter of GApiLoad() is true, which is currently the case, or if {isEmbed} is true)

Loader flag deleted: 

 _mSvgEnabled          It is no longer possible to disable SVG in Firefox.

Behavior change: 

 The _mSvgForced system for detecting browser SVG support is changed.

V2.115

03 Jun 2008

Deleted Method: 

 GInfoWindow.reposition()

V2.114

27 May 2008

New GMapType 

 G_SATELLITE_3D_MAP

New Methods 

 GMap.getEarthInstance(a)
 GMap2.getEarthInstance(a)

V2.113

20 May 2008

Deleted Constants 

 G_GOOGLEBAR_TYPE_ALL_RESULTS = 1
 G_GOOGLEBAR_TYPE_YPONLY_RESULTS = 3

Added Constants 

 G_GOOGLEBAR_TYPE_BLENDED_RESULTS = "blended"
 G_GOOGLEBAR_TYPE_LOCALONLY_RESULTS = "localonly"

Changed Constant 

 G_GOOGLEBAR_TYPE_KMLONLY_RESULTS = "kmlonly" (was = 2)

Changed Parameters 

 GKeyboardHandler() takes 3 parameters instead of two

V2.112

14 May 2008

Deleted class 

 GLoadApi

New Constants 

 GOOGLEBAR_TYPE_ALL_RESULTS      = 1
 GOOGLEBAR_TYPE_KMLONLY_RESULTS  = 2
 GOOGLEBAR_TYPE_YPONLY_RESULTS   = 3

Deleted properties 

 GSize.widthUnit
 GSize.heightUnit

V2.111

6 May 2008

New external module 

 mod_mspe.js     Contains the code for poly editing features

New Methods 

 GPolygon.deleteVertex(vertex)
 GPolygon.disableEditing()
 GPolygon.enableDrawing()
 GPolygon.enableEditing()
 GPolygon.insertVertex(vertex,latlng)
 GPolygon.setFillStyle(opts)
 GPolygon.setStrokeStyle(opts)
 
 GPolyline.deleteVertex()
 GPolyline.disableEditing()
 GPolyline.enableDrawing()
 GPolyline.enableEditing()
 GPolyline.insertVertex()
 GPolyline.setStrokeStyle(opts)

New (inacessible) clickable overlay type 

 ControlPoint

New property 

 ControlPoint.index

New events 

 map "cancelline"
 ??? "capture"
 ??? "endline"
 ??? "mouseoutpoint"
 ??? "mouseoverpoint"

V2.110

30 Apr 2008

Changed parameters 

 map.clearOverlays() takes one parameter instead of none
  
 GTileLayerOverlay() 
 GTileLayerOverlay.constructor()
 GStreetviewOverlay.constructor()
   all take two parameters instead of one.
   second parameter is options
   options include {zPriority} which accepts a number, default 10.

New properties 

 GTileLayerOverlay.zPriority  
 GStreetviewOverlay.zPriority
 GTrafficOverlay.zPriority

V2.109

23 Apr 2008

map "click" event now returns third optional parameter: overlaylatlng

V2.108

16 Apr 2008

New event 

 GGeoXml "load"

V2.107

9 Apr 2008

Changed Parameters 

 GBounds now takes only one parameter instead of one array or four numbers. 
 The v1-compatible 4-number syntax is deleted.

New GStreetviewPanoramaOption 

 {latlng}

New events 

 GGeoXml  "refreshpointhook"
 GLargeMapControl  "zoomto"

V2.106

2 April 2008

New symbols 

 GPolygon.addVerticesInteractively
 GPolygon.deleteVertex
 GPolygon.disableEditing
 GPolygon.enableEditing
 GPolygon.insertVertex
 GPolygon.setStyle
 GPolygon.update

 GPolyline.addVerticesInteractively
 GPolyline.deleteVertex
 GPolyline.disableEditing
 GPolyline.enableEditing
 GPolyline.insertVertex
 GPolyline.setStyle
 GPolyline.update

New hooks 

 GPolyline.setClosed(bool)
 GPolygon.setClosed(bool)

None of this does anything yet.

V2.105

25 March 2008

new event 

 GStreetviewPanorama "drivingdirectionsinfo"

Also, there's code added to the traffic module for processing traffic incidents, but it doesn't seem to be accessible yet.

V2.104

18 March 2008

new Method 

  GPolyline.isDrawing()

changed parameters 

  GStreetviewClient() now takes one parameter instead of none
  GStreetviewClient.getNearestPanorama() now takes two parameter instead of three
  GStreetviewClient.getNearestPanoramaLatLng() now takes two parameter instead of three

V2.103

11 March 2008

new Classes 

 GStreetviewClient()
 GStreetviewOverlay()
 GStreetviewPanorama(a)

new Methods 

 GStreetviewClient.getNearestPanorama(a,b,c)
 GStreetviewClient.getNearestPanoramaLatLng(a,b,c)
 GStreetviewClient.getPanoramaById(a,b)
 
 GStreetviewOverlay.constructor(a)
 GStreetviewOverlay.copy()
 GStreetviewOverlay.getTileLayer()
 GStreetviewOverlay.hide()
 GStreetviewOverlay.initialize(map)
 GStreetviewOverlay.isHidden()
 GStreetviewOverlay.redraw()
 GStreetviewOverlay.refresh()
 GStreetviewOverlay.remove()
 GStreetviewOverlay.show()
 GStreetviewOverlay.supportsHide()
 
 GStreetviewPanorama.blur()
 GStreetviewPanorama.checkResize()
 GStreetviewPanorama.copy()
 GStreetviewPanorama.focus()
 GStreetviewPanorama.followLink()
 GStreetviewPanorama.getPOV()
 GStreetviewPanorama.hide()
 GStreetviewPanorama.isHidden()
 GStreetviewPanorama.panTo()
 GStreetviewPanorama.remove()
 GStreetviewPanorama.retarget()
 GStreetviewPanorama.setContainer()
 GStreetviewPanorama.setLocationAndPOV()
 GStreetviewPanorama.setLocationAndPOVFromServerResponse()
 GStreetviewPanorama.setPOV()
 GStreetviewPanorama.show()
 GStreetviewPanorama.unhide()

new Static Methods 

 GStreetviewClient.ReturnValues

deleted Methods 

 GLatLng.fromUrlValue()        [the static method of the same name continies to exist]
 GPolyline.isDrawing()

new events 

 capture        ???
 error          GStreetviewPanorama

new module 

 mod_cb_api.js

new loader flags 

 _mf[56] Streetview panorama flash location
 _mf[57] Streetview overlay server location
 _mf[59] Streetview enabled switch
 _mf[60] Something to do with Streetview

V2.102

New Instance Method 

  GLatLng.fromUrlValue(string)

The static method with the same name continues to exist. What's changed is that a new instance method with the same name and behaviour has been added.

V2.101

14 Feb 2008

New Methods 

  GLog.getMessages()

Parameter changes 

  GPolyline.redraw() now takes no parameters instead of one.

Changed behaviour 

  The id attributes applied to anonymous marker click targets are now
  "mtgt_unnamed_0", "mtgt_unnamed_1", "mtgt_unnamed_2", etc.
  In previous releases they were all "mtgt_undefined"
 
  GPolygon and GPolyline were modularized

Bugfixes 

  Map type change no longer triggers 'moveend' event (issue 85)
  GGroundOverlay transparency in IE6

V2.100

05 Feb 2008

New methods 

 GMap.fromLatLngToContainerPixel(latlng)
 GMap2.fromLatLngToContainerPixel(latlng)
 GPolyline.isDrawing()

Deleted methods 

 GPolygon.edit()
 GPolyline.edit()
 GPolyline.clearMarkerPools()
 GPolyline.getFadedColor()
 GPolyline.hideDottedLine()
 GPolyline.initGlobalListeners()
 GPolyline.setDrawingLine()

Changed parameters 

 GMapType.getMinimumResolution() now has no parameters instead of one
 GPolygon() now takes an unspecified number of parameters instead of seven
 GPolyline() now takes an unspecified number of parameters instead of five

Bugfixes 

 GLargeMapControl had extra transparent div (issue 90)
 GLargeMapControl bottom button was offset in IE centered map (issue 179)
 Map panning with large infoWindowAnchor (issue 3)
 GGeoXml key check treated domain names as case specific (issue 5)
 Longitude value of infinity caused endless loop (issue 18)
 Geocoder didn't respect setBaseCountryCode or setViewport (issue 91)

V2.99

29 Jan 2008

There are no syntax changes.

Change of behaviour 

 An API key which does not specify a port number is now valid for all ports

V2.98

22 Jan 2008

New methods 

 GClientGeocoder.getAddress(glatlng,callback)
 GClientGeocoder.getAddresses(glatlng,callback)

Bugs introduced 

 GLargeMapControl has extra transparent div (issue 90)
 GLargeMapControl is offset in a centered map (issue 179)
 Geocoder doesn't respect setBaseCountryCode or setViewport (issue 91)

V2.97

15 Jan 2008

There are no syntax changes.

V2.96

8 Jan 2008

There are no syntax changes.

Bugfix 

 map.clearOverlays cleared poly listeners (issue 47)

V2.95

5 Dec 2007

New constants 

 G_GOOGLEBAR_LINK_TARGET_BLANK
 G_GOOGLEBAR_LINK_TARGET_PARENT
 G_GOOGLEBAR_LINK_TARGET_SELF
 G_GOOGLEBAR_LINK_TARGET_TOP
 G_GOOGLEBAR_RESULT_LIST_INLINE
 G_GOOGLEBAR_RESULT_LIST_SUPPRESS

New GMapOptions 

 googleBarOptions

New googleBarOptions 

 showOnLoad    boolean
 linkTarget    One of the G_GOOGLEBAR_LINK_TARGET_* values
 resultList    One of the G_GOOGLEBAR_RESULT_LIST_* values

New map types 

 G_MARS_ELEVATION_MAP
 G_MARS_INFRARED_MAP
 G_MARS_VISIBLE_MAP
 G_MOON_ELEVATION_MAP
 G_MOON_VISIBLE_MAP
 G_SKY_VISIBLE_MAP

New map type sets 

 G_MARS_MAP_TYPES
 G_MOON_MAP_TYPES
 G_SKY_VISIBLE_MAP

New events 

 map "tilesloaded"

Bugfixes 

 Geodesic lines & problem with zooming (issue 10)
 Javascript error when tiles fail to load (issue 38)
 Calling GAdsManager.enable caused JS error (issue 46)

V2.94

16 Nov 2007

New Class 

  GHierarchicalMapTypeControl(tiny)

New Methods 

  GHierarchicalMapTypeControl.addRelationship()
  GHierarchicalMapTypeControl.clear()
  GHierarchicalMapTypeControl.clearRelationships()
  GHierarchicalMapTypeControl.copy()
  GHierarchicalMapTypeControl.getDefaultPosition()
  GHierarchicalMapTypeControl.initialize()
  GHierarchicalMapTypeControl.printable()
  GHierarchicalMapTypeControl.removeRelationship()
  GHierarchicalMapTypeControl.selectable()

Deleted Method 

  GTrafficOverlay.hasTrafficInView()

New Static parameters 

  GDirections.MAP_MARKER 
  GDirections.PANEL_ICON

New loader token 

  _mIsRtl

Changed behaviour 

  GDirections uses green "A", "B", "C" icons instead of G_START_ICON,
  G_PAUSE_ICON, G_END_ICON

Bugfix 

 GTrafficOverlay 'changed' event now fires (issue 2)

Bug introduced 

 Calling GAdsManager.enable() causes JS error (issue 46)

V2.93

08 Nov 2007

Structural change 

  The code for the map controls and for GGeoXml have been moved into an external module

New Classes 

  GAppFeatures(options)
  GDragObject    [has no constructor]

New methods 

  GInfoWindow.disableMaximize()
  GInfoWindow.enableMaximize()

  GMap.getDragObject()
  GMap2.getDragObject()

  GMapTypeControl.copy()
  GScaleControl.copy()
  GSmallMapControl.copy()
  GSmallZoomControl.copy()

New static methods 

  GDraggableObject.getDraggableCursor()
  GDraggableObject.getDraggingCursor()

Deleted property 

  GScaleControl.maxLength

Changed Parameters 

  GLoadApi() takes 10 parameters instead of 9
  GOverlay.initialize() takes 2 parameters instead of 1

New GMapTypeOption 

  enableZoomLevelLimits

New GInfoWindowOptions 

  maxTitle
  maxContent

New GLoadApiOption 

  public_api

New GDraggableObjectOption 

  scroller

New Map Type 

  G_PHYSICAL_MAP       (currently switched off)

New behaviour 

  The bottom end of the GLargeMapControl slider only goes down to the min resolution of the map type
  In previous releases it always went down to zero but levels below getMinimumResolution were ignored

V2.92

24 Oct 2007

New Classes 

  GScreenOverlay(a)
  GScreenPoint
  GScreenSize
  GMenuMapTypeControl(a,b)

New Methods 

  GAdsManager.copy()

  GTrafficOverlay.hasTrafficInView()

  GMap.disableGoogleBar()
  GMap.enableGoogleBar()
  GMap2.disableGoogleBar()
  GMap2.enableGoogleBar()

  GScreenOverlay.copy()
  GScreenOverlay.hide()
  GScreenOverlay.initialize()
  GScreenOverlay.isHidden()
  GScreenOverlay.redraw()
  GScreenOverlay.remove()
  GScreenOverlay.show()
  GScreenOverlay.supportsHide()

  GMenuMapTypeControl.clear()
  GMenuMapTypeControl.getDefaultPosition()
  GMenuMapTypeControl.initialize()
  GMenuMapTypeControl.printable()
  GMenuMapTypeControl.selectable()

Deleted Methods 

  GMarker.supportsHide()
  GOverlay.isHidden()
  GOverlay.supportsHide()
  GOverviewMapControl.isHidden()
  GTrafficOverlay.isHidden()
  GTrafficOverlay.supportsHide()
  GTrafficOverlay.hasTrafficDataInView()

New Properties 

  GScreenPoint.point
  GScreenPoint.xunits
  GScreenPoint.yunits

  GScreenSize.size
  GScreenSize.xunits
  GScreenSize.yunits

Changed Parameters 

  new GGeoXml now takes an indefinite number of parameters instead of four
  GGeoXml.gotoDefaultViewport() takes no parameters instead of one
  GGeoXml.initialize() takes no parameters instead of one 
  GGeoXml.redraw() takes no parameters instead of one
  GGeoXml.remove() takes no parameters instead of one
  new GGroundOverlay() now takes an indefinite number of parameters instead of four
  GGroundOverlay.initialize() takes no parameters instead of one
  GGroundOverlay.redraw() takes no parameters instead of one
  GLoadApi() now takes 9 parameters instead of eight

Changed behaviour 

  Some code now behaves differently if the CPU is "intel".
  Previously only the browser and operating system affected the code behaviour.

Bug introduced 

  GTrafficOverlay 'changed' event no longer firing (issue 2)

V2.91a

28 Oct 2007

No syntax changes

V2.91

11 Oct 2007

Deleted Methods 

 GDraggableObject.getDraggableCursor()
 GDraggableObject.getDraggingCursor()

Changed parameters 

 GGeoXml takes 4 parameters instead of 3

New poly options 

 {clickable:false} makes the poly not clickable. Clicks drop through to the map object.

Changed Behaviour 

 If you forget to enable VML, then API v2.91 will enable it for you in MSIE.
  
 Hidden polygons and polylines (where supported) are not clickable
 
 Fixed info window misalignment in MSIE when the wrong DOCTYPE is used
 
 Infowindow CSS looks correct in quirks mode

V2.90

26 Sep 2007

New Methods 

 GLatLngBounds.union(GLatLngBounds)

New Parameters 

 GOverlay.initialize() now theoretically takes two parameters instead of one.

Changed behaviour 

 The undocumented {maxurl} option for info windows no longer works,

link title

V2.89

13 Sep 2007

New Methods 

 GMapType.getCopyrights(latlngbounds,zoom)
 GTileLayerOverlay.refresh()

Changed Parameters 

 GClientGeocoder now has four parameters instead of one
       (cache, APIkey, client, channel)
 GDraggableObject.moveBy() now has one parameters instead of two
       (GSize)
 GDraggableObject.moveTo() now has one parameters instead of two
       (GPoint)
 GLatLng.distanceFrom() now has two parameters instead of one
       (glatlng, radius of planet)

New GMapTypeOption 

 radius

Changed Behaviour 

 doubleClickZoom is enabled by default.
 autoPan is enabled by default for draggable markers
 see Message from pamela

V2.88

28 Aug 2007

New Methods 

GBounds.containsPoint(gpoint)
GBounds.mid()
GLatLngBounds.containsLatLng(glatlng)
GMarker.getLatLng()
GMarker.setLatLng(glatlng)

New Methods associated with polygon and polyline editing. They don't seem to be working yet. 

GPolygon.edit()
GPolyline.edit()
GPolyline.clearMarkerPools(a)
GPolyline.getFadedColor(a,b)
GPolyline.hideDottedLine()
GPolyline.initGlobalListeners(a)
GPolyline.isDragging()
GPolyline.setDrawingLine()

New Events 

capture         possibly thrown by an inaccessible class that performs polyline editing
lineupdated     possibly thrown by a poly when being edited
opencontextmenu possibly thrown by a poly when being edited

Existing Events now thrown by GPolyline and GPolygon 

click, drag, dragend, mouseover, mouseout, opencontextmenu

Changed behaviour 

Clicks through polygons now return only the "overlay" parameter to GEvent.addOverlay(map,"click")

map.removeOverlay(null) now crashes

V2.87

16 Aug 2007

New Methods 

      GDraggableObject.moveBy(leftwards,upwards)
      GInfoWindow.supportsHide()

New Static Methods 

      GDraggableObject.getDraggableCursor()
      GDraggableObject.getDraggingCursor()

New GMarkerOption 

      autoPan

New behaviour 

      Better graphics in tabbed info window

V2.86

New Methods 

       maptype.getAlt()

New event 

       GTrafficOverlay "changed"

Changed behavior 

       PoweredByGoogle logo & Terms of Use anchors now have target="_blank"

V2.85

See Official Blog

New Methods 

  GLatLng.copy()
  GMap2.updateCurrentTab(fn,fn)
  GMap2.updateInfoWindow(tabs,fn)
  GMap.updateCurrentTab(fn,fn)
  GMap.updateInfoWindow(tabs,fn)
  GMarker.bindInfoWindow(node,opts)
  GMarker.bindInfoWindowHtml(html,opts)
  GMarker.bindInfoWindowTabs(tabs,opts)
  GMarker.bindInfoWindowTabsHtml(tabs,opts)
  GMarker.closeInfoWindow()
  GMarker.getTitle()
  GPolygon.getArea()
  GPolygon.getBounds()
  GPolyline.getBounds(v1,v2)
  GPolyline.getLength()

New Parameters 

  new GGeoXml takes three parameters instead of two.

New Event 

  polyrasterloaded

V2.84

7 Jul 2007

See Official Blog

New Methods 

  GDraggableObject.moveTo(left,top)
  GGeoXml.getDefaultBounds()
  GGeoXml.gotoDefaultViewport(map)
  GGeoXml.hasLoaded()
  GGeoXml.loadedCorrectly()
  GTileLayerOverlay.constructor(tilelayer)

Deleted Methods 

  GGeoXml.getDefaultBound()

Methods changed from static to prototype 

  GDraggableObject.setDraggableCursor()
  GDraggableObject.setDraggingCursor()

New GInfoWindowOptions 

  {contentSize:gsize}
  {noClearOnClose:true}
  {noCloseBeforeOpen:true}
  {onCloseClick:function}
  {onMaximizeClick:function}
  {onRestoreClick:function}

New GPolylineOptions 

  {geodesic:true}

V2.83

20 Jun 2007

new Classes 

   GAdsManager(map,AdSenseId)

new Methods 

   GAdsManager.disable()
   GAdsManager.enable()

   GBounds.intersects(bounds,bounds)

   GGeoXml.getDefaultBound()
   GGeoXml.getDefaultCenter()
   GGeoXml.getDefaultSpan()
   GGeoXml.getTileLayerOverlay()

   GTileLayerOverlay.getTileLayer()

   GTrafficOverlay.hasTrafficDataInView()

new loader tokens 

   _mAdSenseForMapsEnable
   _mWizActions

new GInfoWindowOption 

   {limitSizeToMap:true}

deleted Methods 

   GBounds.mid()

changed behaviour 

   If you forget to set up the VML namespace, polylines and polygons still get drawn in MSIE.

V2.82

31 May 2007

New Methods 

  GClientGeocoder.getBaseCountryCode()
  GClientGeocoder.getViewport()
  GClientGeocoder.setBaseCountryCode(a)
  GClientGeocoder.setViewport(a)

V2.81

19 May 2007

New Classes 

  GDirections(a,b)
  GRoute(a,b,c)
  GStep(a)

New Methods 

  GDirections.clear()
  GDirections.getBounds()
  GDirections.getCopyrightsHtml()
  GDirections.getDistance()
  GDirections.getDuration()
  GDirections.getGeocode(a)
  GDirections.getMarker()
  GDirections.getNumGeocodes()
  GDirections.getNumRoutes()
  GDirections.getPolyline()
  GDirections.getRoute(a)
  GDirections.getStatus()
  GDirections.getSummaryHtml()
  GDirections.load(a,b)
  GDirections.loadFromWaypoints(a,b)
  
  GRoute.getDistance()
  GRoute.getDuration()
  GRoute.getEndGeocode()
  GRoute.getEndLatLng()
  GRoute.getNumSteps()
  GRoute.getStartGeocode()
  GRoute.getStep(a)
  GRoute.getSummaryHtml()
  
  GStep.getDescriptionHtml()
  GStep.getDistance()
  GStep.getDuration()
  GStep.getLatLng()
  GStep.getPolylineIndex()

Deleted Parameters 

  GClientGeocoder loses the second parameter (added in v2.80)

New Parameters 

  map.setFocus() now has two parameters instead of one

New Constants 

  G_END_ICON
  G_GEO_BAD_REQUEST
  G_GEO_MISSING_QUERY
  G_GEO_UNKNOWN_DIRECTIONS
  G_PAUSE_ICON
  G_START_ICON

New GMapOptions 

  isEmbed

New GDirectionsOptions 

  locale
  getPolyline
  getSteps
  preserveViewport

New GInfoWindowOptions 

  buttons

New GInfoWindowButtonOptions 

  isGif
  width
  height
  rightPadding
  show
  clickHandler
  text
  textLeftPadding

New loader tokens 

  _mDirectionsEnableApi
  _mF
  _mIwButtonFullSize
  _mUrlLanguageParameter

New events 

  addfeaturetofolder

Changed behaviour 

  No API key required for http://localhost/

V2.80

16 May 2007

New behaviour 

 GGeoXML will now render ground overlays specified in a loaded KML file

New supported browser 

 Camino is accepted as a known supported browser

New Methods 

 GOverlay.isHidden()
 GOverlay.supportsHide()
 GOverviewMapControl.isHidden()
 
 By default, overlay.supportsHide() returns false and 
 overlay.isHidden() throws "Interface method not implemented".
 Overlay subClasses that support hide overwrite these inherited methods
 
 GMarker, GInfoWindow and GGroundOverlay always support hide
 
 GPolygon and GPolyline may support hide. Presumably it depends on the 
 graphics system being used.
 
 Other overlay subClasses don't support hide.

New parameters 

 GJsLoaderInit() accepts two parameters instead of one
 GClientGeocoder() accepts two parameters instead of one
   The second parameter is an API key to be used for geocoding.
   I guess this allows pages hosted on domains owned by Google to use
   no key for the API code (and thus see the NAVTEQ maps) but use 
   a key for geocoding without having to use an iframe.

New loader tokens 

 _mLoadingMessage
 _mAuthToken
 _mTimeoutMessage

V2.79

18 Apr 2007

New Classes 

  GGroundOverlay(url of image, latlngbounds, opts)
  GTrafficOverlay()

New Function 

  GJsLoaderInit(url)

New Methods 

  GGroundOverlay.prototype.copy()
  GGroundOverlay.prototype.hide()
  GGroundOverlay.prototype.initialize(map)
  GGroundOverlay.prototype.redraw(bool)
  GGroundOverlay.prototype.remove()
  GGroundOverlay.prototype.show()

  GTrafficOverlay.prototype.disableTrafficButton()
  GTrafficOverlay.prototype.disableTrafficLayer()
  GTrafficOverlay.prototype.enableTrafficButton()
  GTrafficOverlay.prototype.enableTrafficLayer()
  GTrafficOverlay.prototype.initialize()
  GTrafficOverlay.prototype.redraw()
  GTrafficOverlay.prototype.remove()
  GTrafficOverlay.prototype.trafficButtonEnabled()
  GTrafficOverlay.prototype.trafficLayerEnabled()

New parameters 

  GGeoXml() now accepts two parameters instead of one

New settings 

  _mTrafficEnableApi   if true, the GTrafficOverlay Class is exposed

New behaviour 

  GBrowserIsCompatible takes more factors into consideration.
  GBrowserIsCompatible now takes an optional boolean parameter

New GInfoWindowOptions 

  {maxMode:bits}  The value is a bit-coded integer in the range 0 to 7.

New events 

  showtrafficchanged
  submit

V2.78

5 Apr 2007

Official Blog

New Methods 

  map.disableScrollWheelZoom()
  map.enableScrollWheelZoom()
  map.scrollWheelZoomEnabled()
  
  GPolygon.fromEncoded()

New GInfoWindowOption 

  {noCloseOnClick:true}

New parameters 

  GLoadAPI() now takes 8 parameters instead of 7.
  GLatLng.toUrlValue() now takes a parameter: an integer that specifies the precision.

CSS styles removed 

  iw
  title

V1 Map Type names removed 

  G_MAP_TYPE
  G_HYBRID_TYPE
  G_SATELLITE_TYPE
  Were all put under the control of a loader token. 
  When this token was switched off in October 2008, 
  these names became no longer usable in v2.78 and above.

V2.77

Official Blog

22 Mar 2007

GEvent, GLog, GXml abd GXmlHttp now really are a Namespaces (they were always documented as Namespaces but previously implemented as Classes)

Deleted properties 

 GMap.windo
 GMap2.windo

New Methods 

 GMarker.ishidden()
 GMap.infoWindowSizeWatcher()
 GMap2.infoWindowSizeWatcher()

Removed parameters 

 GEvent.callBackArgs now takes 2 parameters instead of 5.
 GEvent.trigger now takes 2 parameters instead of 5.

New CSS classes 

 title
 iw

V2.76

10 Mar 2007

Official Blog

New class 

 GGeoXml

New methods 

 GGeoXml.copy()
 GGeoXml.hide()
 GGeoXml.initialize()
 GGeoXml.redraw()
 GGeoXml.remove()
 GGeoXml.show()

New parameter 

 GOverlay.remove() now takes a parameter. Currently only used by GGeoXml.remove()

New events 

 map:infowindowupdate
 map:markerload
 map:markerunload
 marker:updatejson

New GInfoWindowOptions 

 autoScroll      boolean
 maxHeight       number

V2.75

See Official Blog

22 Feb 2007

new methods 

       GMarker.setImage(fileName)

extra parameters 

       GAddCopyright() now accepts 10 parameters instead of 9
       GCopyright()    now accepts 6  parameters instead of 5

V2.74

13 Feb 2007

See Official Blog

Deleted properties: 

 map.contextMenuManager

New properties: 

 GSize.widthUnit
 GSize.heightUnit
 arrow.arrowOffset
 GIcon.imageMapType

New parameters: 

 GSize now takes 4 parameters instead of 2.
 The new parameters can be used to specify the widthUnit and heightUnit.
 Possible values are "em", "px", "cm", "ex", "in", "mm", "pt", "pc", "%"

New events: 

 contextmenuopened
 maximizedcontentadjusted

New behaviour: 

 GControlPosition applies the widthUnit and the heightUnit of the passed GSize
 Better error checking in GDownloadUrl

V2.73

22 Jan 2007

Bugfixes: 

 It is now possible to open info windows in two different maps simultaneously.
 Errors are no longer thrown by dragging draggable markers (problem introduced in v2.72)

3 Feb 2007

New properties: 

       map.contextMenuManager
       arrow.ground
       arrow.group

Note: the arrow overlay Class is not accessible from the API)

New parameters: 

       _mMenuCenterMap
       _mMenuZoomIn
       _mMenuZoomOut

Changed Behaviour: 

       Previously, if you used 0 for an opacity, it would use the default opacity
       Now, using 0 opacity makes a polyline or polygon invisible.

V2.72

13 Jan 2007

New Method: 

  GDraggableObject.getDraggableCursor()
  returns the value previously set by .setDraggableCursor()

New GMapOption: 

  {logoPassive:true}
  makes the Google Logo unclickable

New event: 

  map "singlerightclick"
  triggers when the map is right-clicked
  returns a GPoint() which identifies the pixel of the map div
  if doubleClickZoom is enabled, double right clicks don't trigger it
  if doubleClickZoom is disabled, double right clicks trigger it twice

V2.71

30 Dec 2006

New passed parameters 

 _mSeeOnGoogleMaps       tooltip contents for the Google Logo
 _mUrlHostParameter      URL "host" to be used in usage logging

New methods 

 GOverlay.show()
 GOverlay.hide()
 GPolyline.hide()
 GPolyline.show()
 GPolygon.hide()
 GPolygon.show()
 GTileLayerOverlay.hide()
 GTileLayerOverlay.show()

New GMarkerOptions 

 {dynamic:true}         does nothing at the moment
 {noprint:true}         ?

Changed Behaviour

When you click on the Google Logo, the parameters "&oi=map_misc" and "&ct=api_logo" are appended to the URL that's thrown to Google Maps. Those parameters don't seem to do anything in the current version of Google Maps, but perhaps they'll do something in the next version.

Bugfixes 

 Continuous zoom no longer unhides overlays (except tile layer overlays)
 Continuous zoom no longer dereferences overlays

V2.70a

27 Dec 2006

No Syntax changes.

Subtle changes to the handling of overlays during continuous zooms, but the bug with polylines becoming dereferenced is not fixed.

V2.70

7 Dec 2006

New function: 

 GVerify(imageFileName)

New method: 

 GBounds.mid()

New exposed properties: 

 GPolyline.color
 GPolyline.opacity
 GPolyline.weight
 GPolygon.color
 GPolygon.opacity
 GPolygon.outline

Extra parameters: 

 new GPolygon() now takes 7 parameters
 new GPolyline() now takes 5 parameters
 GPolyline.fromEncoded() now takes two parameters
   The additional parameters are {GPolylineOptions}

New options: 

  GMarkerOptions: description, name, zIndexProcess
  GPolylineOptions: id, name, outline, mapsdt
  GDraggableObjectOptions: restrictX
  GMapOptions: mapOrderMarkers

New Event: 

  "visibilitychanged"
    thrown by GMarker, GPolygon and GPolyline
    reuturns one boolean parameter, which is true if the overlay has changed to being visible

Changed behaviour: 

  Polyline geometry is now calculated at zoom level 17 instead of the current zoom level.
  This means that any custom map types for maps that have polylines must be created with a
  GProjection that supports at least 18 zoom levels, like "new GMercatorProjection(18)".

V2.69

20 November 2006

See Official Blog for info on GPolygon.

New Class: 

 GPolygon

New methods: 

 GPolygon.copy()
 GPolygon.getVertex(N)
 GPolygon.getvertexCount()
 GPolygon.initialize(map)
 GPolygon.redraw(bool)
 GPolygon.remove()

New behaviour:

API keys generated without a subdomain name are accepted for all subdomains. E.g. you can register an API key for "pipex.com" and it will work for all websites owned by Pipex subscribers. There's a check that stops you using a key which has "co" or "off" as its first word, so you can't use the "co.uk" key, but you can use the "org.uk" key.

V2.68

8 November 2006

New method: 

GBounds.copy()

Bugfixes: 

Some problems with marker mouseover events failing to trigger in some circumstances.

V1 shut down

8 November 2006

The APIv1 code is no longer being served.

If you specify &v=1 when you load the API, then you get the APIv2 code.

V2.67

See Official Blog

25 October 2006

New Class: 

   GMarkerManager(map, options)

GMarkerManagerOptions: 

   maxZoom
   trackMarkers
   borderPadding

New methods: 

   GMarkerManager.addMarker(marker, minzoom, maxzoom)
   GMarkerManager.addMarkers(array of GMarkers, minzoom, maxzoom)
   GMarkerManager.getMarkerCount(zoom)
   GMarkerManager.refresh()

V2.66

11 October 2006

See Official Blog

Syntax changes: none that I can see

Changed behaviour: none that I can see

V2.65

See Official Blog

New event 

ginfowindow "animate"

Bugfixes 

The bug that occurred when:
  1. There's a draggable marker with a custom icon that has no imagemap
  2. The info window is open close to that marker
  3. The browser is not MSIE
  4. The map is zoomed 
  and caused the marker redraw to fail
is now fixed.

The bug that disabled map clicks from markers that vere removed and re-added
is now fixed.

The bug that caused extra map clicks in MSIE
is now fixed

V2.64

See Official Blog

New prototypes 

The Classes
 GAddCopyright, GCopyright, GDownloadUrl, GEvent, GKeyboardHandler, GInfoWIndowTab,
 GLoadApi, GLog, GUnloadApi, GValidateKey, GXml, GXslt
now have prototypes

New parameters 

GLoadApi() now has 7 parameters instead of 5

New Event 

map: "zoomrangechange"

New GMapTypeOption 

alt: sets the text for the "title" attribute of the map tpe buttons

Changed Behaviour 

Speed improvements in addOverlay and removeOverlay
Instead of the info window graphics being constructed from lits of small PNG files,
 there are now just two larger PNG files, one for the info window parts and one for
 the shadow parts.

V2.63

Changed behaviour 

Special processing if there are elements with id="business_name" inside the info window.
Special processing if there are elements with id="dmap" or id="dnavbar" anywhere.
API key validation is now bypassed for "orkut.com".

New GIconOptions 

dragCrossMove

New GMapTypeOptions 

latLngBounds
maxZoom
borderPadding

New GInfoWindowOptions 

maxUrl
onPrepareOpenFn

New Events 

map "maxtab"
??  "vpage"

New GMapOptions 

noResize
staticMap

New Error 

"singleton" can be thrown by the tile fetcher

New method 

GBounds.equals(a)

New static method 

GPolyline.fromEncoded(a)

Changed parameters 

GAddCopyright() now has 9 parameters instead of 8
GCopyright() now has 5 parameters instead of 4

New parameter 

GPolyline.zoomFactor (may possibly be a typo by the programmer)

V2.62

See Official Blog

New GInfoWindowOption: 

maxUrl

Bug Fixes: 

showMapBlowup now handles the zoomLevel and mapType options correctly.

GMarker.label now handles transparent PNG files as well as GIFs

map.removeOverlay() now works on GTileLayerOverlay objects.

Javascript errors that occur inside event callbacks are no longer suppressed.

Changed behaviour 

addOverlay() now runs faster

The info window is now an overlay.
Clicking on the info window causes a click event.
Warning If you're using 
       GEvent.addListener(map, "click", function(overlay, point) {
         if (overlay) {
you can no longer assume that the overlay is a GMarker.

V2.61

See Official Blog

New Class 

GTileLayerOverlay(tilelayer)

Changed parameters 

GLoadApi() now accepts five parameters instead of four.

V2.60

See Official Blog

Changed parameters 

map.zoomIn() now has a third optional parameter.
If set to true (and continuous zoom is enabled) then an animated zoom is performed.
If false or absent then a normal zoom is performed.

map.zoomOut() now has a second optional parameter.
If set to true (and continuous zoom is enabled) then an animated zoom is performed.
If false or absent then a normal zoom is performed.

Changed behaviour 

Zooming by using the standard map controls does not perform an animated zoom.
Animated zooms only occur when using map.zoomIn() or map.zoomOut with the new parameter set true,
or when executing a double-click zoom.

V2.59

See Official Blog

Deleted properties 

GInfoWindow now has no accessible properties
Previously these properties were accessible
.images .map .pixelOffset .pixelPosition .point .selectedTab .shadow .tabs .window

New classes 

GDraggableObject(a,b) (abstract class?)
     static methods
  GDraggableObject.getDraggingCursor(a)
  GDraggableObject.setDraggableCursor(a)
  GDraggableObject.setDraggingCursor(a)
     instance methods
  GDraggableObject.disable()
  GDraggableObject.dragging()
  GDraggableObject.enable()
  GDraggableObject.enabled()

New properties 

GIcon.dragCrossAnchor
GIcon.dragCrossImage
GIcon.dragCrossSize
GIcon.maxHeight

GMap.windo     
GMap2.windo

New methods 

GControl.clear()
GInfoWindow.getContentContainers()
GInfoWindow.getTabs()
GInfoWindow.maximize(a)
GInfoWindow.reposition(latlng,offset)
GInfoWindow.restore(a)

Changed parameters 

GEvent.callbackArgs now accepts 5 parameters rather than 4

New Events 

? "DOMMouseScroll"
? "mousewheel"
map "infowindowprepareopen" 
infowindow "maximizeclick"
infowindow "maximizeend"
infowindow "restoreclick"
infowindow "restoreend"

New GMarkerOptions 

{bouncy}        default=true
{bounceGravity} default=1
{bounceTimeout} default=30

New GMapOptions 

(draggableCursor} default="url(http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/mapfiles/openhand.cur), default"
{draggingCursor}  default="url(http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/mapfiles/closedhand.cur), move"
{suppressCopyright} default=false
{usageType}         possible values "o"=overview "p"=blowup

Changed behaviour 

When you release a draggable marker it does a silly little bounce.

(Untested) API key validation is skipped for googlepages.com pages.

Significant speed improvements in removeOverlay() and clearOverlays()

A new <accuracy> value is returned in the geocoder response

The API no longer assumes that markers are PNG files.
If the GIcon.image string doesn't end in ".png" then the image is rendered natively in MSIE.

New HTML geocoder interface 

&output=csv

Bug Fixes 

marker.iconSize is no longer ignored in MSIE
Calling marker.enableDragging() twice no longer causes a crash
showMapBlowup now correctly copies the map types of the parent map

V2.58

See Official Blog and Zoooooooom!

Bug fixes: 

The geocoder key validation now matches that used for the map.
A key for www.mysite.com will now work on mysite.com and vice versa.

New methods: 

marker.hide()
marker.show()
map.enableContinuousZoom()
map.disableContinuousZoom()
map.continuousZoomEnabled()
map.enableDoubleClickZoom()
map.disableDoubleClickZoom()
map.doubleClickZoomEnabled()

marker.hide() makes a marker invisible and marker.show() makes a marker visible. This is equivalent to the display property for regular DOM elements.

When Continuous Zoom is enabled, anything that causes the zoom to change by one level causes a short animated zoom. The tiles are scaled to produce the effect.

map.zoomIn(latlng,true) does an animated zoom and pan centring the map at the specified GLatLng()

map.zoomIn(latlng,false) does an animated zoom and pan that keeps the specified latlng at the same position relative to the map container.

map.zoomOut(latlng) does an animated zoom and pan that keeps the specified latlng at the same position relative to the map container.

zoomIn() and zoomOut() without any parameters performs a zoom relative to the current centre.

When DoubleClickZoom is enabled, double clicking the map causes the map to zoom in by one level as well as centring the map at the clicked point.

New GInfoWindowOption: 

suppressMapPan:true allows the info window to open without a corresponding map pan.

Events: 

The map "zooming" event is triggered for each frame of a continuous zoom. No parameters are returned.

The map "zoomstart" event is triggered when a continuous zoom starts.
The parameters returned are:
       integer         +1 for zoomIn, -1 for zoomOut
       GLatLng         the passed GLatLng from zoomIn() or zoomOut()or the map centre if that parameter was absent
       bool            the second parameter from zoomIn()or false if that parameter was absent.

V2.57

24 Jun 2006

Syntax changes: none that I can see

Changed behaviour: none that I can see

V2.56

15 Jun 2006

See Official Blog

Changed parameters 

GEvent.trigger() now accepts 5 parameters instead of 4. The extra parameter is passed to the listener function.
map.zoomOut() now accepts a parameter - a GLatLng() - which does nothing if doContinuousZoom is false (which it is)

Changed functionality 

map.zoomIn(latlng, true) now centres on the specified GLatLng as well as zooming in
The map cursor has changed to the "hand" pointer.

V2.55a

14 Jun 2006

See: Official Blog

No syntax changes from v2.55

V2.55

12 Jun 2006

Syntax Changes:

New classes: 

GClientGeocoder(cache)
GGeocodeCache()
GFactualGeocodeCache()

New methods: 

GClientGeocoder.getCache()
GClientGeocoder.getLatLng(address,function)
GClientGeocoder.getLocations(address,function)
GClientGeocoder.reset()
GClientGeocoder.setCache(cache)

GGeocodeCache.get(address)
GGeocodeCache.isCachable(result)
GGeocodeCache.put(address,result)
GGeocodeCache.reset()
GGeocodeCache.toCanonical(address)

GFactualGeocodeCache.get(address)
GFactualGeocodeCache.isCachable(result)
GFactualGeocodeCache.put(address,result)
GFactualGeocodeCache.reset()
GFactualGeocodeCache.toCanonical(address)

New Constants 

G_GEO_SUCCESS
G_GEO_MISSING_ADDRESS
G_GEO_UNKNOWN_ADDRESS
G_GEO_UNAVAILABLE_ADDRESS
G_GEO_BAD_KEY
G_GEO_TOO_MANY_QUERIES
G_GEO_SERVER_ERROR

Changed behaviour: 

SVG is now enabled by default when using Firefox, unless the operating system is X11.

Bug Fixes: 

performing removeoverlay and addoverlay inside a map click event no longer causes an infinite loop.
in Google Maps, the marker is now displayed when the query contains only lat,lng coordinates.

V2.54

7 Jun 2006

See Official Blog

Syntax Changes:

The GMap2.dragging property is deleted.

New zoom settings are introduced: doContinuousZoom and doDoubleClickZoom. At present, it doesn't seem possible to switch on these settings. The code looks like they can be switched on by using var _mFlags = {doContinuousZoom:true, doDoubleClickZoom:true} but it doesn't seem to happen at the moment.

GMap2.zoomIn() now has two parameters. The first parameter is never used. The second parameter is a GLatLng() object which is only used if doContinousZoom is switched on (which can't be done at present). I can't work out its intended purpose.

Two new events are added "zoomstart" and "zooming". I suspect that these events have something to do with doContinuousZoom.

V2.53

31 May 2006

See: Official Blog

Syntax changes: none that I can see

Changed behaviour: the GOverviewMapControl no longer covers the copyright.

V2.52

24 May 2006

See Official Blog

Syntax changes: none that I can see

Changed behaviour: The GLog window is now very much wider.

V2.51

17 May 2006

See: Official Blog

New method 

GLatLngBound.getCenter()

New GIcon parameter 

new GIcon(gicon, image, label, shadow)

If the new fourth parameter is present, then it sets the GIcon().shadow property.

New Events 

 map "infowindowbeforeclose"
 marker "infowindowbeforeclose"

New GInfoWindowOptions option 

 onBeforeCloseFn

The map panes have been renumbered. A new, unnamed, pane has been added as number 1, and all the panes above that have been shifted up. E.g. G_MAP_MARKER_SHADOW_PANE was previously number 1, but now it is number 2.

V2.50a

16 May 2006

See Official Blog

V2.50

10 May 2006

  • New bug: the map "mousemove", "mouseover" and "mouseout" events return the location in the second argument instead of the first.
  • Added GMarker option 
 tooltip

Use like "new GMarker(point, {tooltip:"My House"});"

  • Added Class: 
 GCopyright(id, bounds, minZoom, text)

The GCopyright class has no accessible properties or methods

  • Added Method: 
 GCopyrightCollection.getCopyrightNotice(bounds, zoom)
  • Added symbol: 
 GXslt.create()

At present there's just a void symbol GXslt.create(). There isn't any actual code associated with it, so the only change is that you now get the error "GXslt.create is not a function" instead of "GXslt.create is not defined" if you try to use it.

  • Deleted properties: 
 GLatLngBounds.lat
 GLatLngBounds.lng

V2.49

2 May 2006

See Official Blog

No syntax changes.

GOverviewMapControl() is now placed in the corner of the map, rather than the corner of the page.

New bug: Tiles are drawn outside the map in MSIE 6.0 when the map div is under the influence of <center> or align=center or align=right.

V2.48

27 April 2006

See Official Blog

There don't seem to be any syntax changes.

V2.47

18 April 2006

See Official Blog

There don't seem to be any syntax changes.

  • Bugfix: The bug that caused inert default markers to become clickable, is fixed.

V2.46

12 April 2006

See Official Blog

The following methods are deleted 

GPolyline.fromEncoded()
GPolyline.getNumPoints()
GPolyline.getPoint()

The following methods are added 

GMarker.disableDragging()
GMarker.dragable()
GMarker.dragging()
GMarker.draggingEnabled()
GMarker.enableDragging()

GPolyline.getVertex()
GPolyline.getVertexCount()

GProjection.getWrapWidth()

The following symbols are exposed, but there appears to be no underlying methods associated with them 

GMap.dragging()
GMap2.dragging()
  • Bugfix: The "IE shadowed marker bug" is fixed. (Markers in some regions near or under an info window shadow had become unclickable in IE. NOTE: this is not the situation where custom markers that don't have a properly configured click target are not clickable in shadow. These are Google markers and properly specified custom markers.)
  • Bugfix: The bug that caused very slow panning when there were large numbers of HTML elements on the page, outside the map, is fixed.
  • Bugfix: The bug that caused the map type button to not be highlighted if setCenter is called before adding GMapTypeControl, is fixed.
  • Despite the entry in the Official Blog, the documented method GMapType.getCopyright() is still not available.

V2.45

06 April 2006

See Official Blog

The following symbols are deleted: 

GMapType.getCopyright()
  • Bugfix: The bug that caused problems when there was an <input> on the page with no type attribute (in particular that the dragend event didn't happen) is fixed.

V2.44

29 March 2006

See: Official Blog "There are no major changes in the current v2 revision".

The following symbols are deleted: 

GCopyrightControl()
GLogoControl()
GMarker.clickable
GMarker.icon
GMarker.imageMap
GMarker.images[]
GMarker.map
GMarker.point
GMarker.position
GPolyline.color
GPolyline.minTolerance
GPolyline.nextPointATIndexLevel
GPolyline.nextPointIndexAtLevel
GPolyline.opacity
GPolyline.points
GPolyline.weight
GPolyline.zoomFactor

The following symbols are added: 

G_MAP_MAP_PANE
GInfoWindow.isHidden()
GMap2.fromDivPixelToLatLng()
GMap2.fromLatLngToDivPixel()
GMap2.hideControls()
GMap2.showControls()
GMarker.getIcon()
GMarker.getPoint()
GMarker.setPoint()
GOverviewMapControl.getOverviewMap()

The syntax of the GMap2() constructor is changed.

V2.43

23 March 2006

See Offical Blog

One brand new method has become available: 

 GMap2.getPane(i)

And a set of values that can be used with that method 

 G_MAP_MARKER_SHADOW_PANE
 G_MAP_MARKER_PANE
 G_MAP_FLOAT_SHADOW_PANE
 G_MAP_MARKER_MOUSE_TARGET_PANE
 G_MAP_FLOAT_PANE

Three methods that were previously only available for GMap() have become available for GMap2() also. 

 GMap2.disableInfoWindow()
 GMap2.enableInfoWindow()
 GMap2.infoWindowEnabled()

One method is replaced 

 GMap2.pan(x,y) has been replaced by GMap2.panBy(gsize)

V2.42

17 March 2006

See Official Blog

It's no longer necessary to make the GOverviewMapControl larger than its default size in order to be able to access its zoom control. Its map type control has been changed to a drop down list, instead of the usual three buttons, so it no longer gets in the way.

You can now develop map pages on your local computer without having to register an API key for "localhost". Just drag the file into your browser and GValidateKey() skips the key check if the protocol is "file:".

V2.41

8 March 2006

See Official Blog

One new class is introduced 

GOverviewMapControl()

In adition to the inherited GControl() methods, it also supports 

GOverviewMapControl.hide()
GOverviewMapControl.show()

V2.40

6 March 2006

See Official Blog

No significant changes observed.

V2.39

27 February 2006

New classes added. These can both be considered to be bug fixes. There was previously a typo in the line that tried to expose the GKeyboardHandler symbol. GBounds() was somehow not included when compatibility mode was introduced. 

GKeyboardHandler()
GBounds()

New methods added 

GEvent.addDomListener()

There were also some new events added, but I don't have full details any more.

V2.38

21 February 2006

See Official Blog

20050903 Changes

(From here)

Bret Taylor says:

We will be pushing post-Katrina imagery of the New Orleans area to the Google Maps servers imminently. To provide users with both "before" and "after" images, we are launching the imagery as a separate Map Type that only appears when your map viewport is over New Orleans. Basically, when you pan the map over New Orleans, a red "Katrina" button will appear after the "Hybrid" button.

20050826 Change list

(This change log applies to maps.18.js.)

These are the noteworthy changes in this version:

  • 20050826-01 removed Array.prototype.clear()
This was causing problems for people who were iterating over objects using the 'for (var x in y)' construct. The 'clear' member was showing up in the iteration.
  • 20050826-02 Made the API key check more flexible
As of this release, the key checks should work in the following cases: 
  - http: vs https:
  - www.xyz.com vs xyz.com
  - sub-directories should work:
      http://www.xyz.com/a/b/c/map.html will work for a key registered
      against http://www.xyz.com/a/b/
  • 20050826-03 Several XSL related bug fixes (Safari only)
  • 20050826-04 Clicking on Google Maps API logo will break frames
In cases where a map was embedded in an iframe (probably because of the key check restrictions), clicking on the Google logo loaded the Google Maps page within the iframe. Now, clicking on the logo will load the page in the top-most frame (the window).
  • 20050826-05 GIcon with no shadow image GIcon used to request null or undefined URLs when the shadow image was not specified.
It now checks to see if shadow image is set before requesting those images.
See: This thread
  • 20050826-06 Custom icons in IE show actual size, not scaled size
When creating a custom icon, if the specified image did not match the supplied size for the image, the image was not scaled (instead, the size was ignored).
See: This thread

Pasha

20050805 Change List

(This change log applies to maps.17.js.)

  • 20050805-01 - Info window is not correctly anchored during zoom.
  • 20050805-02 - Wrong click coordinates passed to event handlers if infowindow is open.
See this post
  • 20050805-03 - Calling disableDragging disables all events.
See this post
  • 20050805-04 - Info window should resize when contents resize.
This change makes the infowindow resize properly if its content changes its size, e.g. on font size changes or if images in the infowindow are loaded with delay. However, there are some limitations:
  • In Firefox, we can only detect height changes, not width changes.
  • In IE, only enlargement can be detected. If the content shrinks, the window remains the same size.
  • 20050805-05 - Apply default style to all images created by the maps.
See this post


Stay tuned for the next update and keep up the great work :)

Pasha (from this post)

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