Fixed Zoom Extend For Overview Map on ArcGIS Server JavaScript API 3.8

Question

Can some one please let me know if it is possible to have the Map Overview with Fixed extend and none zoom in or out functions? I know this was not possible on v.3 but how about v3.8?

• john gravois: If you want a static overview map, perhaps you could just embed it as an image?

Answer 1

EDITED:

You can disable navigation for the entire map like so:

map.disableMapNavigation();

But the problem with disabling map navigation for the MapOverview when you create your overview map, the code is binding all these events from the main map (zoom-end, pan...). I don't there is a clear way to identify these events so that you could disconnect them. If ESRI would provide the source code for their API, it would make figuring it out easier...

//Create Map
var map = esri.Map(...)
//Create Dijit
var overviewMapDijit = new esri.dijit.OverviewMap({
 map: map, //references main map
 attachTo: "bottom-right",
 color:" #D84E13",
 opacity: .40
});
overviewMapDijit.startup(); //overview map does not exist until you show it..
overviewMapDijit.show();
//Here's what we would need to do...
//Find all events that were connected to main map
//Disconnect these events
//Disable map navigation for overviewMapDijit.overviewMap

So, for my final answer...

No, this cannot be done easily and is not a default part of the API. Hopefully they will release their source code, because simple things like this are a pain with their API.

• jOshT: Does this help answer your question at all?