On Sep 29, 11:20 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm working on a little application that will be a little like > Google's MapMaker. The similarities are: you can draw and edit > polylines on the map. Drawing them isn't an issue; however, I'd like > to be able to snap these polylines to an actual road route. > > 1. Is this kind of functionality available in the API and its services > as is?
You can use GDirections to snap polylines to roads. The issue is convincing it to take the route you want. A couple of previous threads: http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/browse_thread/thread/d04773eb32e98773?pli=1 http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/browse_thread/thread/e721dae7a5d3c773/e00709f1d90f6023 -- Larry > 2. If not are there other geocoding services might provide this in > some fashion? > 2. If not how might I go about doing this myself? I don't need code, > but a comment about the algorithms used would be great. > > [drawing polylines roads highways roadways editing] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
