Thanks for the help. I've already begun filtering though the (large amount of) code. I'm sure I'll run into some problems along the way but this is definitely a great starting point
On Feb 20, 2:57 am, marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 20, 8:28 am, Kyle Decot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Very interesting. Just what I was looking for. Now to start sifting > > through the code :) Thanks for the help! > > Kyle, > > The 'magic' is actually done on the server side. > First you get directions, and then, when you select one of the > checkboxes, the function getPOIs() gets called. > This function reads the polyline and sends the points to the server in > a POST request. > > On the server, a primitive method is used. > The Perl script builds a query consisting of a UNION of SQL statements > similar to the radius search here:http://maps.forum.nu/gm_drag_polygon.html > repeating the same SQL statement for each point in the polyline. > > There are smarter search methods that can be used, but MySQL, (on a > cheap hosting solution), performs well, even with this huge and clumsy > UNION statement. :-) > > -- > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
