HERE Maps API - How to pan the map
This article explains how to use the panning method on the map.
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Introduction
This article contains an example that you can use to study how the Ovi Maps API handles panning of the map. Feel free to modify and utilize whole or partial for your own purposes!
Prerequistites
Ovi Maps API supported web browser (basically any modern browser should do).
Example code
<script type="text/javascript">
//Globals
var myInterval = 0;
var myTimer;
var map_start_x = 100;
var map_start_y = 100;
var map_end_x = 120;
var map_end_y = 100;
var myMap;
if (document.addEventListener)
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", all_is_ready, false);
function all_is_ready(){
alert("Click OK to start the panning.");
myMap = new ovi.mapsapi.map.Display(document.getElementById("map"),
{
components: [ new ovi.mapsapi.map.component.Behavior(),
new ovi.mapsapi.map.component.ZoomBar(),
new ovi.mapsapi.map.component.Overview(),
new ovi.mapsapi.map.component.TypeSelector(),
new ovi.mapsapi.map.component.ScaleBar() ],
zoomLevel: 3,
center: [52.51, 13.4]
});
timerLauncher();
}
function timerLauncher()
{
// Start the timer
myInterval = setInterval ("panTheMap()", 1000);
}
function panTheMap()
{
map_start_x = map_start_x + 1;
map_start_y = map_start_y + 1;
map_end_x = map_end_x - 1;
map_end_y = map_end_y + 1;
document.getElementById("showCoords").innerHTML = "("+map_start_x+","+map_start_y+","+map_end_x+","+map_end_y+")";
myMap.pan(map_start_x, map_start_y, map_end_x, map_end_y);
myTimer = setTimeout ('document.getElementById("showCoords").innerHTML = ""', 500);
}
function stopPanning()
{
clearTimeout(myTimer);
clearInterval(myInterval);
alert("Timer and interval cleared. Example finished. Reload page to run again.");
}
</script>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://api.maps.ovi.com/jsl.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<div id="map" style="width:80%; height:80%;"></div>
<div id="showCoords" style="height: 2.0em; font-size: 2em; color: blue;"></div>
<FORM>
<INPUT type="button" value="STOP panning" name="button6" onClick="stopPanning()">
</FORM>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Summary
Using the map panning feature you could create e.g. a game, where the map is moving and the user should e.g. find something on the map and click it before the area vanishes from sight, just an idea ;) develop your own =)? Side scrolling game...? =)
