Maybe geonames webservices can help you. Example: Mouseclick on lat=47.03 lng=10.2: 1. call: http://ws.geonames.org/countryCode?lat=47.03&lng=10.2&style=full&type=XML -> returns country code 'AT' 2. call: http://ws.geonames.org/countryInfo?country=AT&style=full -> Output XML: <geonames> <country> <countryCode>AT</countryCode> <countryName>Austria</countryName> <isoNumeric>40</isoNumeric> <isoAlpha3>AUT</isoAlpha3> <fipsCode>AU</fipsCode> <continent>EU</continent> <capital>Vienna</capital> <areaInSqKm>83858.0</areaInSqKm> <population>8205000</population> <currencyCode>EUR</currencyCode> <languages>de-AT,hr,hu,sl</languages> <geonameId>2782113</geonameId> <bBoxWest>9.53591442108154</bBoxWest> <bBoxNorth>49.0170631408691</bBoxNorth> <bBoxEast>17.1627254486084</bBoxEast> <bBoxSouth>46.3780250549316</bBoxSouth> </country> </geonames>
On 2 Sep., 15:40, duncs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I've been a web developer for many years, but haven't really done much > with Google Maps yet, so please be gentle... > > I want to have a world map where people click on a country to select > it. It should either update a form field with the country name or > redirect to that countries section of the site. Basically, this is to > replace the conventional country select list (which I'll also have for > people who prefer that). > > Is this possible? I just want to select a country. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
