You can buy Google Earth Pro (SHP import, KML export) or use a
translator like shp2kml, shp2txt, FmTools or a GIS.

On 25 Nov., 18:34, julz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm totally new to Google Maps API.  I need to color code states based
> on some criteria.  My understanding so far is that I probably need to
> use a shape file containing all the lats and longs for the US and
> create an overlay on my google map.  I do have the shape file itself
> (group of shp, shx, dbf, txt).  I have read postings related to this
> topic in this forum, however, none seem to work for me (although I
> might just not understand things well enough).  I don't want to use
> 3rd party software and I don't have PHP.  Somehow I need to read the
> shape file in, possibly convert it to xml (and I'm guessing here), and/
> or import it into my local DB?  Can someone help because I'm clueless
> at this point.....thanks!
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