Comments on: iPhone Safari Geolocation Map Update

By: Steve Stedman

Steve Stedman — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:49:17 +0000

Thanks @Chris! I added your fix to the latest, revised update.

By: John

John — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:36:17 +0000

I tried your site, but the blue_dot_circle.png does not pulse.
Also if i change #map_canvas div to #map_canvas img and set optimized:false.
What is going wrong?

By: Velko

Velko — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:24:22 +0000

Got it working with Chris’s tip on optimized:false. Just change the CSS selector to:

#map_canvas img[src*="blue_dot_circle.png"]

Google now displays the image as an actual image so this will target that new tag.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:46:41 +0000

I found out why this does not work with the new Google Maps but don’t have the CSS skills to fix it.

The problem is that Google API by default is now optimizing markers. They are encoded. To keep this from happening you add the following option to the marker when creating it:

optimized: false

This will cause the marker to be placed back in the DOM as a native element as before. Its now under an img tag in the div.

By: Barney

Barney — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:43:06 +0000

Does this currently with the latest version of Google maps..Aug 2011….Cant get it to pulse…?

By: Steve Stedman

Steve Stedman — Wed, 11 May 2011 00:46:01 +0000

@Saul thank you! Glad to help.

By: Steve Stedman

Steve Stedman — Wed, 11 May 2011 00:43:55 +0000

@Chris @Ben yeah looks like they changed it up again. I sure wouldn’t consider Google Maps’ for client work if this is the way they treat their developer community.

By: Saul Gorychka

Saul Gorychka — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:56:12 +0000

I am really amazed. Today I spent a lot of time trying to find something interesting on this topic. Finally I found your blog. Thanks for that!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:46:17 +0000

The vary latest google maps v3.4 of April 14, 2011 breaks this hack and the icon no longer pulses.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:36:57 +0000

Thanks, I removed the initial-scale=1.0 from the meta viewport settings and it works. The only thing is the Map, Hybrid, etc. buttons are a bit larger than they need to be in landscape mode… But it does center now.