Chris -

Thanks for the help!  I'll check this out...

James

On Sep 1, 1:24 am, TinyGrasshopper <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you created a Directions query for a very small route from the
> point you're interested in to a point very close to that point then
> the resulting line will be snapped to the closest road.
>
> Something like:
>
> var directions : Directions = new Directions();
> var pt1 : LatLng = marker.getLatLng();
> var pt1 : LatLng = new LatLng(pt1.lat() + 0.000001, pt1.lng());
>
> directions.addEventListener(DirectionsEvent.DIRECTIONS_SUCCESS,
>                                          function (e:DirectionsEvent)
> {
>                                               var dir_poly : IPolyline
> = e.directions.createPolyline();
>                                               var road_pt: LatLng =
> null;
>
>                                               if
> (dir_poly.getVertexCount() > 0) {
>                                                   road_pt =
> dir_poly.getVertex(0);
>                                               }
>                                               // road_pt is now the
> closest road to the marker, snap the marker to the road
>                                               marker.setLatLng
> (road_pt);
>                                           });
> directions.load("from: " + pt1.toString() + " to: " + pt2.toString());
>
> should snap the marker to the closest road.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> On Aug 28, 11:53 pm, James Sun <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to figure out if a marker is over or on top of a road
> > using the Google Maps API for Flash?  I'd like to restrict users to
> > placing markers on roads.
>
> > Thanks,
> > James
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