Google Static Maps: polyline encoding with Javascript

• Javascript implementation of Encoded Polyline Algorithm Format
• code extracted from http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/utilities/include/polyline.js, used for Interactive Polyline Encoder Utility

function createEncodings(coords) {
	var i = 0;
 
	var plat = 0;
	var plng = 0;
 
	var encoded_points = "";
 
	for(i = 0; i < coords.length; ++i) {
	    var lat = coords[i][0];				
		var lng = coords[i][1];		
 
		encoded_points += encodePoint(plat, plng, lat, lng);
 
	    plat = lat;
	    plng = lng;
	}
 
	// close polyline
	encoded_points += encodePoint(plat, plng, coords[0][0], coords[0][1]);
 
	return encoded_points;
}
 
function encodePoint(plat, plng, lat, lng) {
	var late5 = Math.round(lat * 1e5);
    var plate5 = Math.round(plat * 1e5)    
 
	var lnge5 = Math.round(lng * 1e5);
    var plnge5 = Math.round(plng * 1e5)
 
	dlng = lnge5 - plnge5;
	dlat = late5 - plate5;
 
    return encodeSignedNumber(dlat) + encodeSignedNumber(dlng);
}
 
function encodeSignedNumber(num) {
  var sgn_num = num << 1;
 
  if (num < 0) {
    sgn_num = ~(sgn_num);
  }
 
  return(encodeNumber(sgn_num));
}
 
function encodeNumber(num) {
  var encodeString = "";
 
  while (num >= 0x20) {
    encodeString += (String.fromCharCode((0x20 | (num & 0x1f)) + 63));
    num >>= 5;
  }
 
  encodeString += (String.fromCharCode(num + 63));
  return encodeString;
}

// define polyline
var points = new Array();
 
points[0] = [25.774252, -80.190262];
points[1] = [18.466465, -66.118292];
points[2] = [32.321384, -64.75737];
 
// encode polyline
var encoded = createEncodings(points);

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