Is there a way of extracting just the overlay in static maps? If not in static maps, then how do you extract the street overlay from the regular google maps api?
On Sep 7, 8:41 pm, Grok Lobster <[email protected]> wrote: > The hybrid map is just the satellite map with a street layer overlay. > > On Sep 7, 3:53 pm, mepnosis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I would like to generate a binary mask for streets from static maps. > > In case this helps, here is what I am ultimately trying to do. I have > > some aerial video which I am registering to a satellite image from > > google static maps. After registering the video to the map, I would > > like to overlay any street signs/labels to the map+registered aerial > > video. > > > My first attempt at doing this was to get a satellite image > > (maptype=satellite) and then a hybrid image (maptype=hybrid) of the > > same location. In theory, pixel wise subtraction of these two images > > and then thresholding should produce a usable mask. However, the > > hybrid and satellite images seem to be off by one or two pixels > > (despite using the same latitude/longitude for the map center), so > > this simple method does not work. > > > Is there something in the API that could be used for this? -- 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.
