Hey abr- I wonder what your hack looks like for supporting multiple KML namespaces - I've been dreading adding that in myself.
The FAQ for the project has info on steps to become a contributor (its really easy): http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-utility-library-flash/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions Good luck with your project! - pamela On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 2:25 AM, abr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, that would be great. Well, that is - after my current project is > done (by the end of week). There is so tight schedule that we have no > time to think about writing good code, so quick&dirty hardcode occurs > pretty often. > So my "patch" now is not so good... For example, in order to support > KML 2.1 as well as KML 2.2 I had to make some ugly modifications to > Namespaces.as, Kml22.as (which ended up being Kml2x.as) and > Coordinates.as. And there is "trace(something)" everywhere :). > > But certainly, when time will be available - I can clean my code and > join the project. > > Oh, but I must know what should I do to join? (beside installing svn- > client, which I already have). Or I can just submit changes? > > On Sep 23, 10:55 am, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Ah, great to hear you used KMLParser. Would you be interested in >> joining the project and submitting a patch for MultiGeometry support? >> That was something that I just didn't have time to put in at the time, >> and wasn't sure of the usage. >> >> - pamela >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:54 AM, abr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Hi pamela! >> >> > Yes, I have seen that great example. It helped me to test my >> > implementation of countries selection with some effects such as fading >> > when selection is gone. >> > But there is more info in our KML-s than just borders, namely id for >> > linking with other database objects in system, so those shapes are of >> > no help for me in this task. >> >> > But I was able to add partial MultiGeometries support to >> > GoogleMapsAPIUtilityLibrary. Next to create complex polygons from >> > MultiGeometry I had to write PolylineEncoder as there is no way to >> > create such polygons just with array of points. Then the task was as >> > simple as calling Polygon.fromEncoded(). And it works actually! By the >> > end of this project, I believe there will be more complete support for >> > MultiGeometries (there is not only countries we are dealing with now, >> > you know). >> >> > Very helpful for me was KMLParser example. In fact most of the >> > debugging was done by using it with my MultiGeometries implementation. >> >> > On Sep 22, 9:39 am, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> 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-t... >> >> >> - 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/inde... >> >> > ) 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 -- Hide quoted text - >> >> >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
