There is no API for this for sort of thing. Might be able to get something via looking at the colour of pixels the maps and/or satalite imagry. But dont think you can use Google's tiles for this - as would be against the terms of use.
Perhaps openstreetmap have something. On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Petr Bednář <bednarpe...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would like to know if there is a way to find out what terrain type is on > specified location. I want to determine types like City, Meadow, Field, > Forest, Lakes, etc. > Thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-js-api-v3/-/0lTZePaZjnMJ. > To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
