Referencing the Map Object

[mediavariance]

What's the proper way to reference the map object from the parent component?

https://jsfiddle.net/mediavariance/0z7qtmeL/3/

My Method does not work:
updateLocation: function() { this.$refs.map.getView().setCenter( [ -118.2436849, 34.0522342 ]); }

[ghettovoice]

You should add ref attribute to vl-map tag with value map, then you can get map component instance by ref: this.$refs.map. To access OpenLayers map instance : this.$refs.map.$map, view instance this.$refs.map.$view.
But the recommended way of view state updating is change binded data properties. In your example just set the new value of center data property in method updateLocation: this.center = [...,...]

[mediavariance]

That's exactly what I needed, thanks!