You can look at using MapGuide Open Source which has the ability to natively publish data as Google Earth network links. This can include any of the polygonal demographic information that you want to load into the repository. This can be done using some out-of-the-box functionality and a little programming, or you can get even more complex with more programming. Take a look at the MGOS live gallery page for several examples of how this can work. http://mapguide.osgeo.org/livegallery.html
Andy Morsell, P.E. Spatial Integrators, Inc. http://www.SpatialGIS.com _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Lawrance Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mapguide-users] Which way to jump Hi, I am have a small business that helps Retail clients determine the potential of their trade area and I would like to move the information from paper to Google maps. Ideally they could click on polygons (postcodes or Census districts) to build their trade area and the underlying data would be summated. As google is advancing so quickly do you have any suggestions on the packages I should use to generate the KML for google maps/earth? I am familiar with HTML and some UNIX but have not used java or PHP and was wondering if it is better to go opensouce (ie mapguide opensource) or use the prepackage Manifold. Manifold looks like the easier option but I am concerned it may not be able to keep up with Google maps developments. Any help would be greatly appreciated. All the best Alan
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