How to get the center of a polygon in google maps v3?

Question

It doesn't need to be 100% correct, it can be the center of the bounding rectangle.

Answer 1

Matthew's answer is a good solution. However, when using the Google Maps API v3, you might want to pass each point of the polygon to a LatLngBounds object through the extend() method, and then finally call the getCenter() method on the LatLngBounds object. Consider the following example:

var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
var i;

// The Bermuda Triangle
var polygonCoords = [
  new google.maps.LatLng(25.774252, -80.190262),
  new google.maps.LatLng(18.466465, -66.118292),
  new google.maps.LatLng(32.321384, -64.757370),
  new google.maps.LatLng(25.774252, -80.190262)
];

for (i = 0; i < polygonCoords.length; i++) {
  bounds.extend(polygonCoords[i]);
}

// The Center of the Bermuda Triangle - (25.3939245, -72.473816)
console.log(bounds.getCenter());