+ |
+
+log("state is: " . $state);
+
+ // kludgey attempt to focus a little better, based on state size.
+ $small_state = false;
+ $medium_state = false;
+ // is the state small?
+ $small_state = ($state == 'DE' || $state == 'RI' || $state == 'NH');
+// $this->log('small_state=' . var_export($small_state, true));
+ // if not small, we assume medium until told otherwise.
+ if (! $small_state) $medium_state = true;
+// $this->log('medium_state=' . var_export($medium_state, true));
+ // if certain known fat states, then not medium sized.
+ if ($state == 'TX' || $state == 'CA' || $state == 'AK') $medium_state = false;
+ $zoomFactor = $small_state? 8 : ( $medium_state? 7 : 5 );
+ $this->log('zooming at ' . $zoomFactor);
+ //question: how to pick a more useful zoom factor? maybe record in db a starting zoom factor per state?
+
+ // list options we want to override or add for the map.
+ $map_options = [
+ // automatically encompass markers and auto-center if they haven't told us where to start.
+ 'autoCenter' => ($mapCenter === null)? true : false,
+ 'clustering' => $clustering,
+ 'zoom' => $zoomFactor,
+ ];
+
+ // start at a specified center if one is given.
+ if ($mapCenter) {
+ $map_options = array_merge($map_options, $mapCenter);
+ }
+
+ //$this->log('new options set: ' . var_export($map_options, true));
+
+
+ // provide the element with all the info it needs to set up the map.
+ $element_options =
+ [
+ 'map_options' => $map_options,
+ 'map_colors' => 'avmaps/js/sg2_map_colors.js',
+ 'the_map' => $this->GoogleMap,
+ // no options to pass to ajax so far...
+ 'ajax_options' => '{
+ }',
+ 'default_options' => '{
+ json_provider: "/categories.json",
+ iconColor: "' . $this->MapDisplay->defaultIconColor() . '",
+ }',
+ ];
+
+ echo $this->element('Avmaps.google_map', $element_options);
+
+ /*
+ // create the basic map framework using google maps api.
+ $this->MapDisplay->setupMap ( $map_options, $this->GoogleMap );
+
+ // plug in our chosen color scheme for land, roads, etc.
+ $this->MapDisplay->applyColors ( 'avmaps/js/sg2_map_colors.js' );
+
+ // after the intial configuration items are done, we can emit the map code.
+ // we can still add markers after this point, and do so below.
+ $this->MapDisplay->emitMap ( false );
+
+ // we were handed a list of locations that match our query, so we can now add them as markers.
+ $this->MapDisplay->addMarkersInCategory ( $locationsInCategory, $category );
+
+ // set up our event handler for this view.
+// $this->MapDisplay->injectJSFile('avmaps/js/event_trappers.js');
+
+ // now we think we are ready to go. let's get the map displayed.
+ $this->MapDisplay->finallyDisplayMap ();
+ */
+
+ // end of dynamic map preparation.
+?>
+ |
+
+
+