I don't mean to discourage you from making an enhancement request, but
a) it might not be as easy as you think since I doubt the geocoder
database even holds the necessary information at present
b) definition of "sea" needs careful thought and won't suit everybody.
e.g. inland seas and lakes, rive
> Sounds like a "work-around" really.
It is. Some landmass is below sea level, some folk would include e.g.
the Great Lakes as "sea" and some wouldn't, etc. etc.
It's up to you engineer something different if you want it. Example,
maintain a database of polygons of world landmass and point-in-p
On Jul 22, 10:03 am, sgiddings wrote:
> Thanks for this Rossko.
> Sounds like a "work-around" really.
> Would it not be more reasonable to have the reverse geocode result
> indicate that the requested lat/lng is in fact over the sea ?
It would be if that is what the reverse geocoder did.
from th
Thanks for this Rossko.
Sounds like a "work-around" really.
Would it not be more reasonable to have the reverse geocode result
indicate that the requested lat/lng is in fact over the sea ?
On Jul 22, 11:29 am, Rossko wrote:
> > Is there a way to determine if a given lat/lng is in the sea ?
>
> Se
> Is there a way to determine if a given lat/lng is in the sea ?
Search in the v2 group, where it has cropped up a few times. The
Elevation service has become available since many of the discussions.
http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/search?group=google-maps-api&q=test+water
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