Start googling for shape files for your city. You can convert them to a polygon. I would start with your government. In the US, we can get most of this data from the USGS for our country, or others that make use of it.
On Dec 6, 5:45 pm, freak <[email protected]> wrote: > i would prefer the exact shape of my city. It's Ottawa, Canada. > when you say more challenging, does that mean it can't be done? :D > > On Dec 6, 2:56 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Dec 6, 11:11 am, freak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Larry, > > > > That's a great start! I figure with an overlay, I can block out the > > > area around the city, I just then need to know how to map to the > > > boundary of a city. Anyone ever do that? > > > Lots of people. What country? If you just need to know the bounds > > needed to display a city using the Google Maps API, the various > > geocoders usually provide that in their output data. > > > If you need the exact shape of the city it is a little more > > challenging. > > > -- Larry > > > > Patrick > > > > On Dec 6, 1:28 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > On Dec 6, 9:11 am, Patrick Mollins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > I just want a map of my city that I can skin, and I can geotag some > > > > > locations on the map. I'd like to make it somewhat interactive, ie > > > > > being able to zoom in and pan, but a users shouldn't be able to pan > > > > > the > > > > > map outside of my city boundaries. Is there anyway to do this? > > > > > Yes. Seems like you could do all of that with the v3 API. Mike > > > > Williams has an example that does this for the v2 API in his tutorial: > > > > More advanced stuff - Part 7 Restricting the range of map zooms and > > > > pans.http://econym.org.uk/gmap/range.htm > > > > > I don't know that anyone has ported that example to v3 or created an > > > > example that does that, but you can search this group. > > > > > -- Larry > > > > > > Please help :D > > > > > > Patrick- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- 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=en.
