That's exactly what i'm looking for thanks so much! I'm doing this in PHP script - do you recall offhand the best way to access the "getBounds().contains" segment of the above code? Is there a server-side call that can be made by requesting to google or should I use javascript mixed with the PHP?
On Feb 19, 4:09 pm, marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > [Edited to correct typo] > > First you need to define polygons for each of the boroughs. > If you don't have the data from some source, like the Census Bureau, > and you only want NYC boroughs, then you can define them by tracing > them in a utility like > this:http://facstaff.unca.edu/mcmcclur/GoogleMaps/EncodePolyline/tracker.html > > Once you've done that, add the polygons to the code of your mashup, > for example > > var Manhattan = new GPolygon.fromEncoded( ... etc. > > Finally, after geocoding, test the latlon you got from the geocoder > using > > if (Manhattan.getBounds().containsLatLng(latlng)) { > alert('Point is in Manhattan'); > > } > > http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/reference.html#GLatLng... > > -- > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > -- > > On Feb 19, 9:14 pm, MikeTek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hey all, > > > I was interested in determining if a particular geocoded address (by > > using the longitude / latitude of that address) fell within new york > > city's limits (so the island of manhattan, or specifically queens, or > > specifically brooklyn). > > > I was thinking it would be simply checking if the address's long/lat > > is greater than/less than certain long/lats that would be related to > > manhattan, however i'm not sure where to go from here. > > > Could anyone provide some thoughts or resources on taking this > > further? > > I understand there is a 'locality' field returned by google in xml > > format, however I think i would like to try this (if possible) relying > > solely on longitude/latitude > > > Thanks so much!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
