No - I don't even use google. I use bing maps, bing geocoding, and webglearth for 3D.
Google's TOS and reputation scares me. I just use the browser widget, no other plugin. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2017, at 12:26 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Jonathon: > It looks like a Google Earth plugin is needed for Augmented Earth. True? Does > that give you installation issues? Does the Map Widget behave well with > plugins? > Bill > >> On Apr 27, 2017, at 9:09 AM, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> I use maps in the browser widget extensively for Augmented Earth. It works >> great. >> >> You could hypothetically export the image data from the HTML canvas object, >> export the lat/lng boundaries, and present all of that through a LiveCode >> image object. Be prepared to do a bit of math, but I think it would work. >> >> Many of the map apis allow you to put both markers and polygons on a map >> with JavaScript, which might give you better performance. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Apr 27, 2017, at 11:26 AM, William Prothero via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> What I'm thinking about is a map that I can control location and >>> magnification of a google map from livecode, do an image capture, and draw >>> symbols on that capture. I would need to be able to recover the latitude >>> and longitude of the displayed map boundaries. >>> >>> I remember some discussions about whether image capture works with browser >>> windows. >>> >>> If anybody has wisdom on whether this will work, before I spend a bunch of >>> time researching this, I'd be grateful. There is, I think, an API to google >>> Earth, which might be something to look into. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Bill P >>> >>> William Prothero >>> http://es.earthednet.org >>> >>>> On Apr 27, 2017, at 8:04 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I do not believe you can have a google map not in a browser. That is to >>>> say, you cannot have a google INTERACTIVE map. You can certainly drop >>>> screenshots in as graphics. >>>> >>>> Bob S >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Apr 26, 2017, at 19:31 , William Prothero via use-livecode >>>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I found this link on the LC site. >>>>> https://livecode.com/map-widget-coming-to-livecode/ >>>>> <https://livecode.com/map-widget-coming-to-livecode/> >>>>> >>>>> Is there a map widget? Anybody working with google maps, not in a >>>>> browser? If so, could you point me to a URL for a starter >>>>> Bill >>>>> >>>>> William A. Prothero >>>>> http://earthlearningsolution.org/ >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
