We'd be happy to hire a consultant but we don't know where to post for that.
--Kris On Nov 19, 5:52 pm, kalyson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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=.
