Hi, v3 will smooth your polygons in the browser, but it is much faster to smooth your polygons offline. There are GIS packages that will do this for you, or you could try writing your own. See for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer-Douglas-Peucker_algorithm.
- Ben On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:19 AM, hvr <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi There, > > I'm responsible for a project where we are mapping polygons on a > google map. my dilemma is that the data points i've been given are > really really accurate. Some polygons are larger than 75,000 points. > Using V3 of the API what are my options for smoothing these polygons? > > I notice that V2 of the API has an encoding function which will do > this but no such feature exists for V3. I've also investigated using > 3rd party libraries but these all seem to be written for V2. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-maps-js-api-v3%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=.
