Get a handle on the actual google map object

Question

I'm trying to use the google places api on the same page as an openlayers map using olgm to serve and embedded google map.

I need to have a handle to the google map in order to construct the places api PlacesService:

var placesService = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(gmap);

However, olgm encapsulates the google map and I can't work out how to get a reference to it:

olgm.OLGoogleMaps = function(options) {
    ...
    var gmap = new google.maps.Map(gmapEl, {
    ...

Any ideas?

Yes: `ol3gm-debug.js`. You can get it from: http://mapgears.github.io/ol3-google-maps/ (see the Zip file link on top right) — Alexandre Dubé, Jun 23 '16 at 13:56

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '16 at 02:49

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You can access the Google Maps object if you have access to the olgm object:

var olGM = new olgm.OLGoogleMaps({map: map});
var gmap = olGM.getGoogleMapsMap();

For the debug version, if you are using the latest release (0.6 as of today), you can download it here, in the downloads section: https://github.com/mapgears/ol3-google-maps/releases/tag/v0.6

In the .zip you will find a file named ol3gm-debug.js

If you're building your own version, it should appear in the dist directory.

answered Jun 23 '16 at 02:49

Samuel Lapointe

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ol3gm extends ol3 to allow the integration of google maps, but it doesn't replace it. – Alexandre Dubé Jun 23 '16 at 13:59
it embeds ol3 within it's distribution @AlexandreDubé – pstanton Jun 24 '16 at 09:18
What I meant is that it doesn't tries to replace ol3. Yes, it includes it. – Alexandre Dubé Jun 27 '16 at 12:02

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