I\'m looking for an event that fires while you are editing a Polyline in Google Maps, similar to the \'drag\' event on Markers. I\'ve found the \'capturing_changed\' event,
The simple Polyline example from the documentation modified to add events on changes (insert_at, remove_at, set_at, dragend).
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Google Maps JavaScript API v3 Example: Polyline Simple</title>
<link href="/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/default.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&sensor=false"></script>
<script>
var flightPath = null;
function initialize() {
var myLatLng = new google.maps.LatLng(0, -180);
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 3,
center: myLatLng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions);
var flightPlanCoordinates = [
new google.maps.LatLng(37.772323, -122.214897),
new google.maps.LatLng(21.291982, -157.821856),
new google.maps.LatLng(-18.142599, 178.431),
new google.maps.LatLng(-27.46758, 153.027892)
];
flightPath = new google.maps.Polyline({
path: flightPlanCoordinates,
strokeColor: '#FF0000',
strokeOpacity: 1.0,
strokeWeight: 2,
editable: true,
draggable: true
});
google.maps.event.addListener(flightPath, "dragend", getPath);
google.maps.event.addListener(flightPath.getPath(), "insert_at", getPath);
google.maps.event.addListener(flightPath.getPath(), "remove_at", getPath);
google.maps.event.addListener(flightPath.getPath(), "set_at", getPath);
flightPath.setMap(map);
}
function getPath() {
var path = flightPath.getPath();
var len = path.getLength();
var coordStr = "";
for (var i=0; i<len; i++) {
coordStr += path.getAt(i).toUrlValue(6)+"<br>";
}
document.getElementById('path').innerHTML = coordStr;
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="initialize()">
<div id="map-canvas" style="height:500px; width:600px;"></div>
<div id="path"></div>
</body>
</html>
working example
code snippet:
var flightPath = null;
function initialize() {
var myLatLng = new google.maps.LatLng(0, -180);
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 3,
center: myLatLng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions);
var flightPlanCoordinates = [
new google.maps.LatLng(37.772323, -122.214897),
new google.maps.LatLng(21.291982, -157.821856),
new google.maps.LatLng(-18.142599, 178.431),
new google.maps.LatLng(-27.46758, 153.027892)
];
flightPath = new google.maps.Polyline({
path: flightPlanCoordinates,
strokeColor: '#FF0000',
strokeOpacity: 1.0,
strokeWeight: 2,
editable: true,
draggable: true
});
google.maps.event.addListener(flightPath, "dragend", getPath);
google.maps.event.addListener(flightPath.getPath(), "insert_at", getPath);
google.maps.event.addListener(flightPath.getPath(), "remove_at", getPath);
google.maps.event.addListener(flightPath.getPath(), "set_at", getPath);
flightPath.setMap(map);
}
function getPath() {
var path = flightPath.getPath();
var len = path.getLength();
var coordStr = "";
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
coordStr += path.getAt(i).toUrlValue(6) + "<br>";
}
document.getElementById('path').innerHTML = coordStr;
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk"></script>
<div id="path"></div>
<div id="map-canvas" style="height:500px; width:600px;"></div>