[Google Maps API v2] Re: one more question about the car trip

On Dec 13, 8:09 am, xelawho <xela...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a map that uses Mike W's car trip reading from xml. The map is
> here:http://www.xelawho.com/map/moving.htm
>
> But what I want is for if the user clicks the start button again, for
> the car to go back to the start. Instead it gets stuck wiggling around
> in the same spot while the map keeps panning, following the line.
>
> I thought this was a javascript question - stop a funtion, clear the
> variables and restart, so when I got stuck I asked around on the
> javascript forums. They had a go at it, got stuck too, and referred me
> back to the API.
>
> I figured it might be getting stuck in a loop, so I made a new
> function to try to clear everything and then call the startAnimation
> function., But the only thing that seems to have any effect there is
> map.clearOverlays(); which does get another car on the map, but
> doesn't get rid of the first one. You can see how that runs here:

http://www.xelawho.com/map/moving3.htm

That seems to work for me and I only see one "car". (only tested in
IE6)

-- Larry

>
> After that I'm kind of out of ideas. I know that the "p" variable in
> the animate(d) function is important as it sets where the map pans to
> and where the marker is. I just can't figure out how to tell it to
> forget about the first one and concentrate on the new one.
>
> Or if this is the way to go about this.
>
> Any suggestions most welcome.

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