This is the only documented technique for overlaying something on top of Street View Panoramas: http://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/streetview/iframeshim.html
You need to follow the rest of our Terms if doing this - don't hide our attribution/logo, don't scrape our imagery, etc. - pamela On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 3:40 AM, Arothian <[email protected]> wrote: > > Technically it may be possible to have a HTML page which loads a map > using the JS API and then have a Flex-based overlay on it. > > I did a quick search, and the following flex help page might be > helpful. See the 'Loading HTML content into a NativeWindow' or > 'Loading HTML content into a NativeWindow'. > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=WorkingWithWindows_3.html > > If you give it a shot, let us know. I'm curious how well that > functionality would work. > > -Arothian > > On Apr 30, 12:39 pm, Matt Perry <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks for your reply Arothian, >> >> It will probably be convoluted but maybe there is a way of exporting a >> Street View image from a Maps app into our own app? >> >> On Apr 30, 4:25 pm, Arothian <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Matt- >> >> > I can't speak to the legality of the idea (you'll have to ask Pamela) >> > but I'll touch on the tech side of things. >> >> > In a nut shell, most of the things you would want to do are not >> > currently supported. >> > The Flash API doesn't support StreetView. You can star the following >> > enhancement request to let Google know you want >> > it.http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=524 >> >> > Additionally, the BitmapData doesn't work for printing. (As far as I >> > know, haven't actually tried it). There is this feature request to >> > support the printing of Maps via >> > BitmapData.draw.http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=545 >> >> > -Arothian >> >> > On Apr 30, 11:01 am, Matt Perry <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > I currently work for a charity and we've come up with an idea for an >> > > application that allows users to 'draw' over pictures of their house >> > > from Google Street View and then share this with their friends. I've >> > > got a couple of questions regarding the legality and mechanics of such >> > > an app: >> >> > > a) Would this be legal? The image we take would be akin to the image >> > > you get from Google Maps' 'Print' function but maybe there's >> > > restrictions in the defacement aspect! >> >> > > b) If it is legal, what would be the best technical approach? I want >> > > to be able to take a JPG of the final article with the BitmapData >> > > function so I don't think it could be a Flash overlay - there would >> > > need to be some way of exporting the selected image into Flash itself >> > > but I can't find anything in the API to support this and there doesn't >> > > seem to be a way to run Street View from within my app. >> >> > > Thanks for your time. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
