I'm currently making a custom map using the Google Maps API. So far I have inserted a kml layer using geoXml3, and have written the code to determine if the location of the marker (dropped by an autocomplete address search) is contained within the kml boundary.
Unfortunately I seemed to forget that the marker drops on the street outside the building, not the building itself. This is important as the kml layer is over buildings, and doesn't bleed on to the street.
Is there a way to get the marker to drop on the building instead of the street? If not, are there any alternative ways I could complete what I'm trying to achieve?
Cheers.
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I have a Flutter project using flutter_map and tiles from Mapbox. I also have a very large list of coordinates to create polylines on the map. The coordinates are worldwide geographical boundaries. It's working fine but when displaying the polylines the map gets a bit unresponsive due to the amount of polyline data.
How would I be able to create a custom map with the coordinates/polyline data already embedded in the map to avoid having to draw polylines separately?
Thanks
You could use Mapbox Studio to create a map style with sources and layers referencing these coordinates/polyline data. This tutorial on creating a custom style is a great place to get started.
I have a website that contains a database of places, mostly stores and small businesses, and i want to add a google map for every business on the site. I have a name and coordinates for each business, but not all of them are listed on google maps. If i make a Google Maps Embed API map like this:
https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/place?key=APIKEY&q=Place name
I will get a marker on that place, but if that place is not found, is it possible to make it put a marker on the coordinates provided?
I know i can just use the coordinates without any name, but in case the place is listed on google maps, querying its name instead of coordinates will display details about the place
Yes you can still place a marker as long as you have the lat and long.
You can add your business to Google Map over here.
I'm not sure where to start looking in the documentation, but I'm trying to load map images of cities with their boundaries outlined.
Like this...
Any help getting started would be greatly appreciated, I'm pretty new to the maps api.
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There is currently no way to request a map with boundaries automatically rendered on it. Your best bet is to pull the polygon information from another system and render using an encoded polyline if you're using the Static Map API or regular overlays in the JavaScript API.
Google Static Map API
Here it is
here, some links to help you:
Geographical boundaries of states/provinces -> Google Maps Polygon
EInsert extension
Boundary Draw - Google Map Application
Getting neighbourhood boundaries from Google Maps API
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8441467/can-you-draw-custom-search-boundaries-in-google-map
Ability to draw boundaries on Google Maps
i'm creating a simulation model using Google maps, i have created a new KML layer and marked few areas which are dangerous to users to go through, now i want to add a moving object to resemble a person on top of it and give a warning when that object nearing the area, does any one have the idea of doing animation of that kind using Google maps?
If you are talking about a moving marker i think you can use the setPosition of the marker object in a for loop feeding it with the coords of a line let's say.
I'm looking looking for a tool that will allow me to make a map exactly like this:
http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/about/mapsdirections/map.cfm
Basically I need to put shapes around buildings in the satellite view and then slap a marker and information window on them so that I can specify the building name and contents.
So the main issue is that I need the ability to draw shapes directly onto the maps as I don't fancy taking down the lat lng of each corner of the polygon.
Ideally what I'd like to do is have an online application that exports those points to KML, and then I would display google maps on my site and import that kml to display it.
Other suggestions welcome!
Jason
Found a polygon creator
http://www.the-di-lab.com/polygon/
It's simple to use and allows you to copy and paste straight into your code. Would be nice if it had a button that said sent to kml though..