Any way to have gmaps4rails open the map in Street

Question

I've tried changing the zoom level, but it always stays in the map mode. Couldn't find any info on the wiki either. Any help or other suggestions would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Ended up just using Google's Javascript API. It went something like this:

pos = new google.maps.LatLng( <%= latitude %>, <%= longitude %> );

var div = document.getElementById('streetViewContainer');
var sv = new google.maps.StreetViewPanorama(div);
sv.setPosition( pos );
sv.setVisible( true );

// find the heading by looking from the google car pos to the venue pos
var service = new google.maps.StreetViewService();
service.getPanoramaByLocation( pos, 50, function(result, status) {
    if (status == google.maps.StreetViewStatus.OK) 
    {   
        carPos = result.location.latLng;
        heading = google.maps.geometry.spherical.computeHeading( carPos, pos );
        sv.setPov( { heading: heading, pitch: 0, zoom: 1 } );
    }
} );