Hi abr-- Can you use the data used in the example in this article, which creates polys out of country border data? http://gvlt.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/tutorial-thematic-mapping-with-the-google-maps-flash-api/
- pamela On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 12:45 PM, abr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I managed to find boundaries in KML-format. Actually it is a > requirement now for my application to use KML-files loaded from > server. Only if it were so easy... Only if all countries were just > polygons... But Russia is not, and USA and Denmark and many others too > - they consist of multiple polygons (MultiGeometry in KML). Only KML- > parser I managed to find (Kml22 in GoogleMapsAPIUtilityLibrary.swc: > http://gmaps-utility-library-flash.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/index.html > ) does not understand tag <MultiGeometry> (and any of its children > consequently). > > It seems, I am into a bad luck of writing some hardcoded parser just > for my countries (fortunately they consist only of polygons and > nothing else)... > > On 17 сент, 15:02, abr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well, I agree that geocoding can help me determine the country name. >> But I won't be able to highlight that country without shapes. >> >> On Sep 17, 2:34 pm, Javier de la Torre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Have you try geocoding your mouse position? >> > It should give you the country information. >> >> > Or you want to know dynamically on the client? >> >> > Javier. >> >> > On Sep 17, 2008, at 12:30 PM, abr wrote: >> >> > > Hello everyone! >> >> > > In my Flex app I want to be able to determine in which country mouse >> > > event occured. Also, I need to be able to highlight some countries >> > > (selected by user). As I believe, I have to find some sort of shapes >> > > for each country (and also subdivisions for some countries). The >> > > problem is - shapes must match those on Google Maps. As I have seen, >> > > Google Maps includes political boundaries for countries. Is there some >> > > way to get those (in KML or any other reasonable format, which can be >> > > displayed as or converted to flash)? >> >> > > Maybe you have any suggestions as to where can I find country shapes?- >> > > Hide quoted text - >> >> > - Show quoted text -- Скрыть цитируемый текст - >> >> - Показать цитируемый текст - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
