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Map with image overlay (GMaps)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<!-- See Javier Arce's original for Leaflet: http://bl.ocks.org/javierarce/e7ec4b39013aa03ebd5e -->
<title>Map with image overlay | CartoDB.js</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://cartodb.com/assets/favicon.ico" />
<style>
html, body, #map {
height: 100%;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
</style>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://libs.cartocdn.com/cartodb.js/v3/themes/css/cartodb.css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=visualization&sensor=false"></script>
<!-- include cartodb.js library -->
<script src="http://libs.cartocdn.com/cartodb.js/v3/cartodb.js"></script>
<script>
function main() {
var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(40.712216, -74.22655);
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 13,
center: myLatlng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), mapOptions);
cartodb.createLayer(map, 'http://documentation.cartodb.com/api/v2/viz/2b13c956-e7c1-11e2-806b-5404a6a683d5/viz.json')
.addTo(map)
.on('done', function(layer) {
layer.setInteraction(true);
var imageUrl = 'https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3731/14101168818_932d707f90_o.jpg';
// This is the trickiest part - you'll need accurate coordinates for the
// corners of the image. You can find and create appropriate values at
// http://maps.nypl.org/warper/ or
// http://www.georeferencer.org/
var swBound = new google.maps.LatLng(40.712216, -74.22655);
var neBound = new google.maps.LatLng(40.773941, -74.12544);
var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds(swBound, neBound);
imageOverlay = new google.maps.GroundOverlay(imageUrl, bounds);
imageOverlay.setMap(map);
}).on('error', function() {
cartodb.log.log("some error occurred");
});
}
// you could use $(window).load(main);
window.onload = main;
</script>
</body>
</html>
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