On Oct 11, 5:00 am, lwall_mba <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am new to Maps API v3 and I am experimenting with a few things.  I
> am trying to draw all states and later counties os the USA.  I started
> with the examples here (http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/
> javascript/overlays.html#PolylineArrays) and have put together a quick
> test page of my own here (www.lucaswall.com/MapOverlaysStates01.html).
>
> As you can see in the source code, I have hard coded all LatLng info
> in the page.  I used the dat files the census bureau posted here
> (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/co2000.html)
>
> I am familiar with vbscript and how to open a txt file and parse
> through it.  I imagine javascript should work similarly???  I am not
> familiar with it but I am looking for a js solution because Google
> Maps API v3 uses it.
>
> Question 1: Can I use javascript to call a file from the server that
> gives all LatLng points to the script?  

Yes. But not a Google Maps API v3 question

> How would that script look like?  Which instructions?  Any examples of 
> similar things online?

I would suggest searching:
1. Mike Williams' v2 tutorial (he has a couple of examples, and that
doesn't have anything to do with the google maps api per se).
2. Searching the web (Google is your friend).

>
> Question 2: Should I use XML and PHP instead to do such thing because
> javascript is not appropriate?

If you would like.  There are examples of that all over this group,
the v2 group and the web.

  -- Larry

>
> Thanks

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