Thanks so much for all the responses! I'm just trying to take them all in and figure out which way to go.
Mike, your code sounds like it's what I want to do, but I was unable to browse it. I got errors on the page. Did I do something wrong? On Nov 25, 5:05 pm, "Michael Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's another option in addition to the ones you've gotten so far... > > Ernest Delgado and I wrote a JavaScript library called PolyGonzo which we > used in several election-related map projects. You can see it in action > here: > > http://maps.google.com/help/maps/elections/#2008_election > > or on this test page: > > http://polygonzo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/code/test.html > > As John mentioned, GPolygons can be quite slow if you use very many of them, > but PolyGonzo is much faster. Drawing 50 states at any reasonable level of > detail is no problem - PolyGonzo can handle hundreds of detailed polygons > with good performance. For example, try the "all congressional districts" > view on either of those pages. > > We're getting the code ready for release, but since you were asking, it's > available in rough form now if you'd like to try it out. > > You can browse the source code here: > > http://code.google.com/p/polygonzo/source/browse/trunk/#trunk/code > > Or check it out with svn: > > http://code.google.com/p/polygonzo/source/checkout > > A brief road map: > > test.html is the test page. > > testmap.js is the JavaScript code for the test page. > > polymap.js is a more general purpose map component. > > polygonzo.js has the polygon drawing code and a GOverlay wrapper. > > /shapes/json/us.json is the USA shapefile in the JSON format that PolyGonzo > uses. > > Give me a shout with any questions... > > -Mike > > > > > From:julz > > > 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!- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
