I do a lot of mapping and shaded polygons (choropleth maps) are 
extremely important, like showing red vs blue states in the US Elections 
2008 example.  Or from a purely functional view, a shading allows the 
user to know where to click, or more easily identifies the region over 
the many different types of basemaps (Maps, Satellite, Hybrid, Terrain, 
any custom overlay.)

As long as you can set the color based on an attribute and set the 
opacity, this should be able to handle many different scenarios.  
(ex:opacity=0 for no fill/transparent, ex:opacity=1 for opaque)

- John

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John Callahan
Geospatial Application Developer
Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
227 Academy St, Newark DE 19716-7501
Tel: (302) 831-3584  
Email: [email protected]
http://www.dgs.udel.edu
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Bruce Robertson wrote:
> Maybe I just haven't been paying attention lately but where did the
> rectangular fill region in the map come from?
>
> Seems to be of mixed value - I'm not sure what the fill region
> signifies, but it does obscure the map.
> >
>   

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