They are both possible with the API, though the first example would require an accuracy designation at some point to see if the user clicked on a road or not. The second example should be much easier to implement.
On Jul 14, 10:57 am, mbm <[email protected]> wrote: > Larry- > > Thanks so much for the reply. I'm the UI designer, trying to get up to > speed on the API to understand what's possible. > > Essentially what I'm trying to do is shown here: > > http://web.me.com/coregary/Site/google/googlemap_auto-h264.mov > > that is an automatic version, so that if the user clicks off the map > they draw (what I understand to be) a GPolyline, is that correct? > Another option is having the user pick the tool as in: > > http://web.me.com/coregary/Site/google/googlemap_pick-h264.mov > > is something like either of those possible with the API? Also we would > be adding up the distances of the combined lines. > > Thanks again, really appreciate it. > > On Jul 11, 8:46 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On Jul 11, 8:05 am, mbm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Is it possible to mixlinetypeswithin a single continuous route? > > > What do you mean by "linetypes"? A GPolyline is a GPolyline. > > > > for > > > instance drawing alinealong roads, then allowing the user to draw a > > >lineoff the road, then continue back on. Thanks. > > > You can use GDirections to capture the polyline along the route, then > > allow the user to create a polyline and combine them (unless you want > > them to have different properties). > > > -- Larry- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
