Here is a .KMZ file of the world, open it with Winzip to fetch the .KML file with the polygons: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=289717&site_id=1#import
States of the USA: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showthreaded&Number=312795&site_id=1#import Displaying the polylines / polygons at various zoomlevels might be a challenge though, as the polylines are of great detail (lots of coordinates). You might want to simplify and encode the polylines to increase performance. Currently I am trying to render the optimized polylines using the Google Maps Flash API. You have to use a custom overlay however, otherwise an overlay is created for each state or country you add to your map, which significantly decreases perfomance, also see: http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash/browse_thread/thread/52dc36c1a82ba119/1c43904906ce4af6?#1c43904906ce4af6 Maybe we can share experiences, the following functionality I have currently implemented in PHP, which is accessed by Adobe Flex using the Zend_Amf component of the Zend Framework. Encoding polylines: http://code.google.com/intl/nl-NL/apis/maps/documentation/polylinealgorithm.html http://code.google.com/intl/nl-NL/apis/maps/documentation/polylineutility.html Simplification of polylines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer-Douglas-Peucker_algorithm Zend_Amf (PHP <> Adobe Flex bridge) http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.amf.introduction.html Cheers! On Jan 21, 4:08 pm, gRaNdEpInNa <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the solution that requires the minor effort (even the most "human") > is the second one. It's very difficult, however, to find someone who gives > you SHP for every state in the world. > The only one I found is this > one:http://davidlynch.org/js/maphilight/docs/demo_world.html > Do you know someone else? > thanks , > Davide > > 2010/1/20 Jonathan Wagner <[email protected]> > > > > > > > There is a couple different ways you could do it, the easiest would be > > to draw the highlight with a polygon, this would require getting the > > points from somewhere and loading them. If you're willing to use third > > party libraries you could possibly also use another format such as SHP > > to show the state. > > > Jonathan > > Scribblemaps.com > > > On Jan 20, 11:05 am, grandepinna <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I would like to know if there is a Google Map API to highlight a > > > single state. I need this for a statistical purpose. > > > My final target is to release some statistic related to single state > > > and highlight the state colour on the base of the number associated to > > > the country. > > > Thanks, > > > > Davide > > > -- > > 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]<google-maps-api-for- > > flash%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en. > > -- > WEB:http://www.grandepinna.tk > MSN: [email protected] > skype: grande.pinna > > In principio dunque fu Caos, poi Gaia dall'ampio seno, sicura ed eterna sede > per tutti gli immortali che abitano la nervosa vetta dell'Olimpo, e Tartaro, > denso di nebbia, negli anfratti della terra dalle ampie vie. Vi fu poi Eros, > il più bello tra gli immortali, che a tutti gli uomini e gli dei dona saggi > consigli nel petto e nel cuore. Da Caos nacquero Erebo e la Notte, che, > unita a Erebo in amore concepì Etere e Giorno. > > (Esiodo, Teogonia) -- 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.
