The API does not provide that sort of data. You need to use external
services, such as
http://www.geonames.org/export/web-services.html#srtm3
and
http://www.wunderground.com/

On Sep 7, 4:53 pm, grokcode <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am looking at doing a project where we would import data into google
> maps, and then need to extract that data based on location.  The idea
> is to import data for elevation, avg. wind speed, etc for different
> regions.  I am new to the API, but it looks to me like this data would
> be set up as color-coded polygons and SchemaData elements within a KML
> file.
>
> The problem is that after clicking an a section of the map, I need to
> extract the elevation and wind speed for that location, and then use
> those numbers in a web app in order to perform some additional
> calculations.  Is it possible to extract that data?  Could someone
> point me at an example or section of the API that does this?  I would
> prefer to handle this server side (probobly PHP), but client side
> would work as well.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!
>
> Jess
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