javascript - Google Maps v3 - limit viewable area and zoom level

Question

is it possible to limit Google map v3 to a certain area? I want to allow displaying only some area (e.g. a country) and disallow the user to slide elsewhere. Also I want to restrict the zoom level - e.g. only between levels 6 and 9. And I want to use all the base map types.

Is there any way to achieve this?

I had a partial success with limiting zoom level by using StyledMap, but I succeeded only with restricting ROADMAP, I wasn't able to limit zoom on other basic types this way.

Thanks for any help

Answer 1

Better way to restrict zoom level might be to use the minZoom/maxZoom options rather than reacting to events?

var opt = { minZoom: 6, maxZoom: 9 };
map.setOptions(opt);

Or the options can be specified during map initialization, e.g.:

var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), opt);

See: Google Maps JavaScript API V3 Reference