Oh and most things built with a super overlay I have seen are raster imagery and could probably be done with a tileset in google maps... in fact vector based tilesetting might be useful as well.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Lance Dyas <[email protected]> wrote: > A super overlay has multiple levels of detail built in depending on where > you zoom in and the distances and when things load are based on size of an > area as it currently shows within each view each changes every zoom and > loads and unloads parts of it. > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Robert Fletcher <[email protected]>wrote: > >> When you guys are referring to overlays, I'm assuming you are talking >> about making the state or county light up? Google has these already made >> and they polygons, which are coded in KML are available from this website >> url: >> >> http://support.google.com/fusiontables/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1182141 >> >> Take a look, hope this helps. >> >> >> >> >> On Saturday, March 10, 2012 4:08:43 PM UTC-5, Garthan wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 8:41 AM, [email protected] < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Mar 7, 4:59 am, CaptainHudson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Anyone have an update on this ancient topic? My issue may or may not >>>> be >>>> > the same--I need to load "super overlays" from kml. The tiled images >>>> load >>>> > per zoom level in google earth successfully, but in google maps only >>>> one >>>> > zoom level displays. For instance: >>>> > >>>> > http://maps.google.com/?q=**http://maps.nypl.org/warper/** >>>> maps/7738.kml<http://maps.google.com/?q=http://maps.nypl.org/warper/maps/7738.kml> >>>> > >>>> >>>> If Google Maps doesn't support it. You could check the third party KML >>>> parsers (GeoXml for v2, geoxml3 for v3), if they don't support it (I'm >>>> pretty sure geoxml3 doesn't, don't know about GeoXml), you could add >>>> support (or see if the developer is willing to add it or accept a >>>> patch for that functionality). >>>> >>>> -- Larry >>>> >>>> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Monday, March 5, 2007 5:32:09 PM UTC-5, chrismarx wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > anybody? >>>> > > thought this might be boon for a lot of people, I mean, image >>>> overlays >>>> > > without tiling!!! >>>> > >>>> > > On Mar 2, 2:56 pm, "daniel" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > > > i'd also be interested in this. i would nice to have goole do the >>>> > > > image processing, rather than making tiles!!! >>>> > >>>> > > > On Mar 1, 4:30 pm, "chrismarx" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > > > ok, i've started to answer this question check out >>>> > >>>> > > > >http://maps.google.com/maps?**q=http://chrismarx.** >>>> googlepages.com/usaB.kml<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://chrismarx.googlepages.com/usaB.kml> >>>> > >>>> > > > > this shows that google can overlay kml's (i exported kml from a >>>> gis, >>>> > > > > then replaced the reference from the accompanying tif, to a >>>> .png image >>>> > > > > generated from the same source) >>>> > >>>> > > > > but when I try to make this work within my own site, the overlay >>>> > > > > doesn't come up. I've tried a variety of url's to see whether >>>> the kml >>>> > > > > generator for images was a little different. you can see the >>>> site here >>>> > > > > - >>>> > >>>> > > > >http://chrismarx.googlepages.**com/overlayG.html<http://chrismarx.googlepages.com/overlayG.html> >>>> > >>>> > > > > any ideas? >>>> > >>>> > > > > On Feb 27, 8:30 pm, "chrismarx" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > > > > here's a quote from one of the google help pages >>>> > >>>> > > > > > "Please note that Google Maps currently supports KML files >>>> with >>>> > > > > > points, lines, polygons, styles, icons, and network links >>>> (without >>>> > > > > > view-based refresh). We plan to add support for ground >>>> overlays, >>>> > > > > > screen overlays, folders, and visibility in the near future. >>>> For more >>>> > > > > > information about creating your own KML file, please click >>>> here. " >>>> > >>>> > > > > > so does anyone know the current status of kml support with >>>> images?- >>>> > > Hide quoted text - >>>> > >>>> > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >>>> > >>>> > > > - Show quoted text - >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Google Maps API V2" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>> google-maps-api@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> google-maps-api+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<google-maps-api%[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>>> group/google-maps-api?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en> >>>> . >>>> >>>> Its a pretty complex piece of capability because its generally very >>> nested and involves well deciding what the google earth parameters really >>> mean in a 2d environment. >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Maps API V2" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-api/-/tRynHBX4b9kJ. >> >> 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. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" group. 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