Google maps displaying other side of the planet - google-maps

Question

I have literally been trying anything and everything, but the map displays somewhere in Antarctica, when the coordinates that I am receiving, are for cities in the US.
The following is the code that inits the map:
$(window).on('load', function() {
// eslint-disable-next-line
function initTest() {
var fastestCitiesApi = JSON.parse(document.getElementById('fastestCitiesApi').value);
console.log(fastestCitiesApi);
var tempLatLng = fastestCitiesApi[0]['latLng'];
console.log(tempLatLng);
var latLng = tempLatLng.split(',');
console.log('latLng[0]: ' + latLng[0]);
console.log('latLng[1]: ' + latLng[1]);
const myLatLng = new google.maps.LatLng({ lat: parseFloat(latLng[0]), lng: parseFloat(latLng[1]) });
const mapOptions = {
zoom: 4,
center: myLatLng
};
const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('fastest_cities_map'), mapOptions);
new google.maps.Marker({
position: myLatLng,
map,
title: 'somewhere',
});
}
initTest();
});
As you can see by the following screen shot of the console is showing, that the coordinates are 36, 78 - which when I do a look up on google for Boydton, VA - those are the coordinates that is returned - link to google search for Boydton, VA lat long
As you can see by the screen shot, I have zero errors. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Thanks to #Gray pointing out that the long should be negative, the rest of the array loaded up the markers as expected.
Here's the final code:
$(window).on('load', function() {
// eslint-disable-next-line
function initTest() {
/* init vars */
const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('fastest_cities_map'));
var fastestCitiesApi = JSON.parse(document.getElementById('fastestCitiesApi').value);
// console.log(fastestCitiesApi);
var tempLatLng = '';
var latLng = [];
var markerOptionsArray = new Array();
var latlngArray = new Array();
var myLat = new Array();
var myLng = new Array();
var markers = [];
var nameArray = [];
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({maxWidth: 350});
/* create arrays for markers */
for(var item in fastestCitiesApi) {
tempLatLng = fastestCitiesApi[item]['latLng'];
nameArray.push(fastestCitiesApi[item]['city']);
// console.log(tempLatLng);
latLng = tempLatLng.split(',');
myLat.push(latLng[0]);
myLng.push(latLng[1]);
// console.log('latLng[0]: ' + latLng[0]);
// console.log('latLng[1]: ' + latLng[1]);
markers.push({
lat: myLat[item],
lng: myLng[item],
name: nameArray[item],
});
}
// console.log('markers: ' + JSON.stringify(markers));
var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
for (var v=0; v<markers.length; v++)
{
var secheltLoc = new google.maps.LatLng(markers[v].lat, markers[v].lng);
var myOptions = {
content: markers[v].name
,boxStyle: {
border: "none"
,textAlign: "center"
,fontSize: "12pt"
,width: "120px"
}
,disableAutoPan: true
,pixelOffset: new google.maps.Size(-50, 0)
,position: secheltLoc
,closeBoxURL: ""
,isHidden: false
,pane: "mapPane"
,enableEventPropagation: true
};
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: new google.maps.LatLng(markers[v].lat, markers[v].lng),
map: map,
center: new google.maps.LatLng(markers[v].lat, markers[v].lng)
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', (function (marker, v) {
return function () {
infowindow.setContent(markers[v].name);
infowindow.open(map, marker);
}
})(marker, v));
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function () {
infowindow.close();
marker.open = false;
});
bounds.extend(new google.maps.LatLng(markers[v].lat, markers[v].lng));
myLatLng = markers[v].lat+','+markers[v].lng;
}
map.fitBounds(bounds);
}
// alert(google.maps.Map);
initTest();
});
The following is a screen shot of the result of the eight city array: