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 -
>>
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>>
>> >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
> >
>

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