On Jun 7, 2:19 pm, bharbert <sa...@frotime.com> wrote: > Thanks Larry - That is kind of along the lines of what I was > thinking. However my end goal would be able to create a Polygon that > covers a curved section of roads out in the middle of nowhere.
You did ask about counties in your original post. > > Example:http://www.visualhunting.com/TurkeyGreenRidge.aspx > > I was hoping to be able to select 3 or 4 roads that intersect and > color in the defined region as an "area of interest". If directions are supported in your "area of interest", you can get the polylines for the roads: http://www.geocodezip.com/GenericMapBrowser.asp?filename=DeshutesNationalForest.xml For the rivers, I think that might be available (at least for the US) from free sources. -- Larry > > This could be done with a whole bunch of LatLng's and a Polygon, but > this is not really scalable if I want to color code 100+'s regions on > a map. :( > > Thanks again for your insight. > > Take Care, > Brad > > On Jun 7, 11:35 am, "geocode...@gmail.com" <geocode...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > On Jun 7, 9:28 am, bharbert <sa...@frotime.com> wrote: > > > > Is there a good way with the API to create areas (polygons) from > > > existing boundaries on a Google Map? For example, if I want to create > > > a polygon around a specific county in a state that is defined by major > > > roads and river boundaries. I could create individual locations, but > > > that would take forever and not be exact. > > > > I appreciate any help or feedback! > > > Is this for the US? If so, free data is available (but may require > > translation):http://www.google.com/search?client=gmail&rls=gm&q=county%20shapefiles > > > I think you can probably find them as kml with enough searching > > also:http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=gmail&rls=gm&q=county+bound... > > > -- Larry- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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...@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.
