New Features

Upcoming in release 4.0 final

• StreetView support added
  • IsStreetView property to switch the GoogleMap control to StreetView;
  • StreetViewPano property to point to a DOM element by ID, where StreetView to be shown on map click;

• GoogleMapView is extended with the new map types: Satellite3D, MapMakerNormal, MapMakerHybrid

Since release 4.0 beta

• Reverse Geocoding added
  • EnableReverseGeocoding property to enable the reverse geocoding
  • ClientLocationLoaded client side event added for handling resolved reverse geocoding on the client
  • LocationLoaded server side event added for handling resolved reverse geocoding on the server
  • When reverse geocoding is enabled, if address is resolved for location it will be persisted in Address property.
  • Check out this short video GoogleMap Control Reverse Geocoding

• Address Not Found features:
  • DefaultAddress property which can be set and control will use when address not found.
  • OnAddressNotFound server side event.
  • OnClientAddressNotFound client side event.
  • Check out this short video GoogleMap Control "Address Not Found" features

• Properties to support Google Maps API Localization: DomainLanguage, AllowBidirectionalLanguages
  • "The Google Maps API uses the browser's preferred language setting when displaying textual information such as the names for controls, copyright notices, and driving directions."
  • http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/index.html#Localization

• IsSensor property
  • "Use of the Google Maps API now requires that you indicate whether your application is using a sensor (such as a GPS locator) to determine the user's location."
  • http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/index.html#SpecifyingSensor

• ZoomPanType is extended to support the entire new set of the pan types
  • Pan types: GSmallMapControl, GLargeMapControl, GSmallZoomControl, GLargeMapControl3D, GSmallZoomControl3D
  • url:http://googlemap.artembg.com/map/ZoomPanType.aspx]

• Improved GUnload
  • Improved GUnload invokation which now works on all major browser not just IE

• Extended Event Args
  • Server events are delivered now with a proper event args instead of an empty EventsArgs. For example AddressNotFound handlers now will receive AddressNotFoundEventArgs.

• MarkerEvents inner property
  • MarkerEvents inner property is introduced to keep all marker events

• PolylineEvents inner property
  • Added Polyline events and PolylineEvents inner property to keep all the polyline events

• PolygonEvents inner property
  • Added Polygon events and PolygonEvents inner property to keep all the polygon events

• Porting the server side id of the GoogleMap control to client side (this will be available in final release)
  • This means you will no longer need to use the "ugly-like" syntaxt <%= GoogleMap1.CientID %> in you client side (JS) code in order to get a reference to the GoogleMap object, but just use same id like you used for the control.
  • For example, instead of: var markers = <%= GoogleMap1.ClientID %>.Markers; you will be able to use: var markers = GoogleMap1.Markers;

• GoogleBounds to be added to some of the server event's arguments (this will be available in final release)

• Adding measuring capabilities to GoogleMarker and GoogleLocation - methods for calculating the distance between the locations (this will be available in final release)

Changes

• Marker events are moved to an inner property MarkerEvents in order to avoid need of adding handlers to every marker added.