> If I wanted this to be a more accurate representation at greater cof > values, would I need to render the circle using geodesic gpolylines?
Also bear in mind that a large geographicly 'accurate' circle is going to appear egg-shaped to viewers on a Mercator projection. It's only a cosmetic issue, whether or not that matters depends on your mystery application. The scalebar at the bottom of the map is only accurate for one part of the map (the bottom, the centre, I'm not sure) because that's how Mercator maps work. East-West distances are distorted as you travel south to north (hence the egg-shape circles). Get a whole-UK map up and pan north ... watch the scalebar. Cleverly, it adjusts, but clearly it can't be accurate for the whole map nor in both directions. The resolution of digital maps and polylines is always limited because they are painted in pixels, at a "whole world view" a pixel may represent several km. Again whether that matters depends on the application. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
