GMapsFX 2.12.0 Released – Mac OSX Garbled Text Fixed!

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The latest version of GMapsFX has been released and includes a major bug fix and a few enhancements.

Bug Fix

Last month I reported a bug that has been affecting users of GMapsFX on Mac OSX where the text appeared ‘garbled’.  An example image is below.
Screen Shot 2017-03-29 at 2.15.45 PM

The underlying issue is that the JavaFx WebView component on Mac OSX is rendering icons rather than letters for some websites, including Google Maps.

I receive a tweet from @ggeorgopoulos1 with a proposed work around that involves injecting CSS programatically into the page with the correct font.  I’ve incorporated the code into the latest GMapsFX library and I am happy to say that it is working once again on Mac OSX!

 

Screen Shot 2016-03-18 at 3.40.46 PM

Enhancements

Added a setKey() method to the GoogleMap compoment

This will allow a key to be set in the FXML and will eliminate the need to programatically set a key on the map object at runtime.

 

Support for Clustered Markers

Added ability to cluster markers by utilizing the Google Maps Marker Clustering API.  https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/marker-clustering

clusteredMarkers

Ability to Set Route Colors

Route colors can now be specified rather than having to rely on the default blue that Google Maps uses.

ColorRoute

 

 

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