How to call a method defined in an AngularJS directive?

I have a directive, here is the code :

.directive('map', function() {
    return {
        restrict: 'E',
        replace: true,
        template: '<div></div>',
        link: function($scope, element, attrs) {

            var center = new google.maps.LatLng(50.1, 14.4); 
            $scope.map_options = {
                zoom: 14,
                center: center,
                mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
            };
            // create map
            var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(attrs.id), $scope.map_options);
            var dirService= new google.maps.DirectionsService();
            var dirRenderer= new google.maps.DirectionsRenderer()

            var showDirections = function(dirResult, dirStatus) {
                if (dirStatus != google.maps.DirectionsStatus.OK) {
                    alert('Directions failed: ' + dirStatus);
                    return;
                  }
                  // Show directions
                dirRenderer.setMap(map);
                //$scope.dirRenderer.setPanel(Demo.dirContainer);
                dirRenderer.setDirections(dirResult);
            };

            // Watch
            var updateMap = function(){
                dirService.route($scope.dirRequest, showDirections); 
            };    
            $scope.$watch('dirRequest.origin', updateMap);

            google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'zoom_changed', function() {
                $scope.map_options.zoom = map.getZoom();
              });

            dirService.route($scope.dirRequest, showDirections);  
        }
    }
})

I would like to call updateMap() on a user action. The action button is not on the directive.

What is the best way to call updateMap() from a controller?