Google Maps Decodepath change variable name

Question

I have this code:

    var directionsService = new google.maps.DirectionsService();

    var request = {
      origin : start,
            destination : end,
            travelMode : google.maps.DirectionsTravelMode.DRIVING
    };

directionsService.route(request, function(response, status) {
    var coords;
    if (status == google.maps.DirectionsStatus.OK) {
        coords = google.maps.geometry.encoding.decodePath(response.routes[0].overview_polyline.points);
        callback(coords);
    }
});

Yesterday the decodePath brought coordinates whose name of variables was Ya and Za, today became hb and ib. Why?

Answer 1

You shouldn't access the coordinates using the property names (i.e. 'Ya' and 'Za') instead use the .lat() and .lng() methods of the google.maps.LatLng object.

So I assume your callback function loops through the array of the coordinates (as variable 'coords'). The simple example below would loop through this array and print out each coordinate to the console in the fashion yy.yyyyy,-xx.xxxx

function callback(coords){
    var i;
    for(i=0;i<coords.length;i++){
        console.log(coords[i].lat()+','+coords[i].lng())
    }
}

This code assumes that the variable 'coords' is the overview_path property of the DirectionsRoute object (part of the DirectionsResult object.). This should be what you are getting by using the decodePath() function.