Hello, Larry, Well, I found a free converter and converted the shape file:
http://ceden.org/Data/counties.kml And I added the code I found on the google maps tutorial, so now my code is this: if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) { countiesOverlay = new GGeoXml("./Data/counties.kml"); map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas")); map.setCenter(new GLatLng(36.4419, -120.1419), 6); map.setUIToDefault(); map.enableDoubleClickZoom(); map.addOverlay(countiesOverlay); setupDragSelect(); } http://ceden.org/mytest.php I get no errors, but the counties don't show up..... :-( --Kris On Nov 19, 4:18 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 19, 3:36 pm, kalyson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the reply. I have already done a lot of searching but > > don't see the steps for this. > > > I am guessing that something known as a shape file is somehow > > converted to a kml file. > > So I can take any shape file of California counties and use one of > > those free converters and get a klm file and just do this in my map > > code: > > > addOverlay(newklmfile); > > > Is this correct? > > > (I am surprised that a kml file --if that is indeed what Google Maps > > requires-- for California counties is not available already > > somewhere.) > > Google has a search engine too... > > http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=gmail&rls=gm&q=kml%20california... > (looks like there are some there) > > -- Larry > > > > > Thanks, > > Kris > > > On Nov 19, 3:12 pm, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > We need to add lines on our Google Map of California for all the > > > > counties. Do I have to get a shape file and convert it to a kml file > > > > to do a call to the addOverlay function? > > > > More or less, yes. Try some of these for insight > > > -http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/search?group=google-ma... -- 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=.
