Hello Marcello, thank you for pointing me in the right direction! For future reference, the solution is using the altitude of the point - over oceans, the altitude will be set to undefined values.
Best regards, Jonas On 26 Aug., 12:23, Marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a FAQ, but since the group's search isn't working you have to > usewww.google.comto find previous > posts:http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=land+or+water+site%3Ahttp%3A... > > -- > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > -- > > On Aug 26, 11:30 am, Jonas Kaufmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I am currently looking into a problem where I should classify places > > whether they are coastal or inland places. Coastal places are places > > that are up to 10km away from an ocean or "bigger" inland sea (Great > > Lakes, Baltic Sea...). To do this, I would need the following > > information from the maps API: > > > - is a given location over land or over water? > > - if it is over water, how big is the area covered by water? > > > The first question would already be sufficient for a start. > > > I could build up a circle with 10km radius around every one of my > > given places and use sample points and check whether they are over > > water. When I find a water point, I would then have to look if it is > > only a small lake or an ocean. > > > Do you know if this is possible using the Google Maps API? If not, is > > there another API or webservice available that I could use for this > > problem? Or do you have another approach to this problem? > > > Thank you in advance! > > > Best regards, > > Jonas Kaufmann --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
