Actually I was talking about polygons being part of the data. Say have a column named "kmlUrl" where the associated polygons, photos and anything else with the datum instead of just a point collection for a polygon. Of course, displaying content for every data point that result from a search would be costly but that could be refined with the ability to override the onclick function as done with the mapConstructor. The beauty would be to add and remove polygons at will without modification of the current map view on each call to _reconstruct(). Sorry for not having an example of what we are doing but I hope to have it all back online soon. In the meantime I want to thank you and your team again having this wonderful tool. I am waiting patiently for backstage so as soon as development is open to the public please let me know.
On Nov 10, 2:44 pm, David Huynh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It depends on whether the polygons and polylines you want to plot are > parts of the data or just a backdrop for the data. If you want your > users to be able to dynamically select which polygons and polylines to > show, then they should be parts of the data. > > David > > ILVC wrote: > > So how about using a kml URL reference as an alternative point values > > for polygons and polylines? Would it go against the goals expressed > > in Exhibit? > > > On Nov 6, 7:20 pm, David Huynh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> There's no plan at the moment, and I don't know much about the other > >> maps services. There was an attempt at using VE Maps, but nothing was > >> done on it for a long time now. > > >> I think the next step is to make the existing map view capable of > >> plotting both points and polygons, and polylines. > > >> David > > >> ILVC wrote: > > >>> It's really nice. I see most of the logic for adding markers being re > >>> utilized in the Polygons > >>> jshttp://people.csail.mit.edu/dfhuynh/projects/election08/polygon-map-v... > >>> I would be even nicer if I could choose between passing the polygon > >>> point or passing a url pointing to a KML. Are the any plans to > >>> abstract the creating of "map objects" (markers, polylines, polygons) > >>> so each implementation depends on the map tool underneath? Im > >>> thinking Google Maps, VE Maps, Open Layers, etc. > > >>> On Nov 4, 5:26 pm, David Huynh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>> Hi all, > > >>>> I've been playing with support for plotting polygons on maps in Exhibit, > >>>> and here's a timely example concerning the US presidential election: > > >>>>http://people.csail.mit.edu/dfhuynh/projects/election08/election08.html > > >>>> (The data might have gotten out of date.) > > >>>> If you look at the HTML source code, you'd see 2 data files, one > >>>> containing the states' borders and one containing the election data. > >>>> This means that it's easy to "borrow" each file independently and do > >>>> your own mash-ups. > > >>>> David --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" 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/simile-widgets?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
