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Just to make sure I understand the request, you want LatLng coordinates translated to
absolute pixel coordinates?  Is that correct?

Filing the feature request, but please confirm my question above.

Yes, absolute pixel coordinates.

Sorry, I just woke up, i meant to say. Yes, absolute pixel coordinates. Thanks for
the response :)

Got it, thanks!

Can you describe one (or a few) practical use cases where you'd need this instead of
using the one provided by the OverlayView class?

Unfortunately, I can't speak for the "fromLatLngToPixel" crowd, but I can say that
I/we use (and would like in v3) "fromContainerPixelToLatLng". We use it specifically
to get a wider bounds for populating map markers.

In more detail:
When a user views a map, we create a buffer -- let's say 200 extra pixels on all
sides, and use the corresponding lat/lng bounds to get a set of data points within
the map through AJAX. This way when a user moves the map just a little within the 200
pixel buffer we don't have to do another AJAX request. It's essentially just a box
outside of the box. Without "fromContainerPixelToLatLng" we can't get accurate
lat/lng for the buffer box.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't creating an Overlay (at least as described in
your examples) just be unnecessary overhead?

Tariqseif, you can do this currently by subclassing an OverlayView to display a fixed
viewport over a map.  Granted this isn't the intended use case for an OverlayView (is
more of a custom control), it's certainly doable.

Check out the example I hacked up:
http://savedbythegoog.appspot.com/?id=ag5zYXZlZGJ5dGhlZ29vZ3ISCxIJU2F2ZWRDb2RlGL318AEM

The earlier issue and the later Firefox issue were slightly different. Please see Issue 3652 for details of the latter. Regardless, the issue should now be fixed.