Google Maps API V3 shrinks to scale does not work with IE 11 in Windows 8.1 preview

Question

Trying to use a “pinch to enlarge” on a multitouch screen with a preview of Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer 11 (later IE) does not work with Google Maps API V3 (none of the latest versions: 3.12, 3.13 and 3.14). Expected behavior - map scaling.

The same function works fine with Windows 8 and IE 10.

There seem to be two exceptions for the case:

• https://maps.google.com
• https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-simple (any example is embedded in the pages of documents, when viewed on a separate tab or in a window, by clicking the "full screen" button, the zoom does not work)

Does anyone know how this is achieved so that it can be used until the problem is fixed?

Answer 1

For now, you can add this meta tag to your header tag (make sure this is the first tag after the head)

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=10" /> 

This will fix the problem for IE 11 users, because the browser will behave like IE 10 browser.

When Google fixes the error you can return it to IE = edge or just delete it.

EDIT: Bug fixed: