This is exactly what I mean. I can see a rail icon and when I put my mouse on it, it comes up with a tooltip info panel with a full name. It displays more details when I click it. This leads me to believe the object has some kind of handler. I would like to process these default objects (that come with the map) if at all possible.
S. On Apr 1, 6:24 pm, Brian P <[email protected]> wrote: > There are no overlays present with the Maps API until you add them. > Therefore you should know what they are, since you added them. The > various maptypes do contain imagery indicating things like rail > stations, parks, etc. at higher zoom levels but I don't know of a way > to determine if something is represented in the bitmap or not. Is that > what you're trying to do? If so, I don't think that's possible, but > maybe someone else knows how to find out which features are included > in each tile. > > -Brian > > On Apr 1, 6:41 am, "S. Michael" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello there, > > > I have a question regarding where to start and have been reading the > > APIs but have no idea which one to use or what feature I am looking > > for. > > > Say I have a section of map visible, how do I extract the overlays or > > features that are already visible? Such as bus stops and rail > > stations? Do I need to search for them with an explicit request. (I do > > not mean the Google Local Search) > > > Do I make a new request to the server with KML Data API? What is a > > mapId? > > > I have seen how I to make my own polygons, lines and makers but want > > to read what is already present. > > > Cheers, > > S. -- 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.
