Google Maps is a web mapping service application and technology provided by Google free (for non-commercial use),
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Pick random points in an earth circle
All I need is the ability to create random points within a radius of another point.
so given self.fence.latitude and self.fence.longitude and self.fence.radius I should be able to generate random ...
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How to change the color of a tile layer?
If I generate a very large number of map tiles (300,000), is there an easy way to let a Google Maps user change their color?
For instance, is it possible to change the color scheme of a map tile ...
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Google Maps API: how to get the street name in multiple languages
I'm trying to get the street name in multiple languages from the Google Maps API V3. For example in Belgium there are multilingual street names:
If i set the language=FR i will get "Rue Brogniez" ...
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Save Google maps as ecw or tiff
I've downloaded this Google Maps XML:
http://ttmaps.free.fr/files/google_maps_20.xml
I can load it in QGIS, for example, and view it as a raster.
I want to save an small area (a town) in an ecw or ...
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Is the 2010 Landsat world map (GLS 2010) available in a GoogleMaps browser?
Is the 2010 Landsat world map, also known as GLS 2010, available to view anywhere on the internet in a GoogleMaps browser?
I need to find it so that it can be added as a layer to a GoogleMaps ...
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Export Shapefile To KML - Google Maps Layers/Tiles
I need to convert a shapefile (either polygon shp with millions of polygons or polyline shapefile derived from the polygons) into a format to use online in Google Maps. I currently use GDAL codes ...
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How to find direction points using Google Maps API 3?
I am drawing a route in Google Maps. I have passed the start point, way points and end points. My route is drawing correctly. I am using Google Maps API 3.
request = {
origin: originAddress,
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How do I create a custom map with subtle details for a localized place?
I've worked with google maps for android previously.
But, now I need to build custom maps for a place such as a home, showing bedrooms, kitchen and living room, or a factory, displaying all the ...
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Any way to view/create/edit Google My Maps KML files on Android?
I have two large (several hundred features) maps created by Google My Maps that I use for my field research. They contain important information required by the field crew for their work on site.
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Do you know other map service provider company infrastructure? [closed]
I am using ArcGIS server platform for my company and ArcGIS works well. Bu I am wondering that the other big companies like that "google maps, nokia maps or bing maps" infrastructure. Which ...
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Control view of Multi polygon in Google map
We have multipolygon WKT. We have no issue to draw all of them in Google map.
Below are the codes. The only issue is that we want only the first polygon to be visible but the rest to transparent. How ...
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Rendering geoJson polygons in google maps android apiv2
I'm in the process of publishing spatial data stored in a postgis database to a google maps based android app and am trying to put together a plan for rendering my data in the most efficient manner ...
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Geocoding API Comparison
Is there a good updated source for comparing existing Geocoding APIs (i.e. Google, Mapquest) and their features?
I'm really interested in their language support as well. For example, Google has ...
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How To Highlight Roads?
I wish to change the colors of various roads on a map and save the changes to either a "personal map" or a "map layer."
The personal map could look something like this, except it would need to have ...
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Convert shapes in CSV to shape file
I have a csv file in which one of the fields contains a "shape" polygon in ESRI format. The other fields are textual, numerical, ext.
How do I go about creating a layer from only the polygons in the ...
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Trying to display some data in OpenLayers - it's not erroring, just not loading :(
I'm trying to display some KML data on a map, using OpenLayers.
Nothing complex - but it's just not rendering.
Here's my javascript code
var map;
function init(element, kml) {
map = new ...
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what is the alternative of setZoomLevel in vector based map
It is commonly used to generat map tiles at a certain scale and re-organize them for web map on pc. For example googlem map, and bing map.
Then user will use the setZoomLevel(int level) or something ...
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How do I stop the map at just one world/globe?
I am working on a project to put google maps layer and adding our data layers on top of it. using openlayers and google maps layer with out layer of top of it
now the google layer has max resolution ...
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Which CRS to use for Google Maps?
I am trying to map a Shapefile (download) onto a Google Map using the Javascript API. The Shapefile describes the boundaries of NYC School Districts.
The file's projection was Lambert Conformal ...
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Changing projection in KML from Google Earth to Maps
I have created a bunch of map tiles for Google Maps mistakenly using the Google Earth projection. Is there a tool available to batch warp the KML files to the correct projection or will I need to ...
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Updating position for a list of markers
I am working with Google Maps. Specifically, I am working with http://hpneo.github.io/gmaps for a gps tracker simulation, here I need to update the position on each point.
At the gmaps script, ...
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Understanding the difference between coordinates projection in OSM and Google Maps
I'm looking at the coordinate differences between Google Maps and OSM. I'm a noob in the technicality behind GIS.
Having read:
EPSG 3857 or 4326 for GoogleMaps, OpenStreetMap and Leaflet
How to ...
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cut tiles with gdal2tiles.py from a png with world coordinate info
I have a collection of PNG files that use the standard google maps projection and have baked into the filename of each the zoom level (all of them are at 22), the x and y pixel coordinates of the ...
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Google Maps v3 with Openlayers - First Zoom Level
I use Google Maps v3 in my application and I noticed a strange behavior, When I refresh the web page, the map zoomed out to display the whole map then get back to the zoom level I specify in my code. ...
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Can Google Geocode returning addresses nearby
I am using google geocoding to bring me addresses according to what a user type on the search box in my iOS app. I would like to know if it is possible, lets say when the user types m google api ...
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Tell Google Maps to hide left panel?
I found that just using the "ll" and "z" parameters are enough to zoom in on an area, but I didn't find how/if Google can be told to hide the left panel ("Get Directions", "My Places", etc.) so that ...
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How to use WKT in Google Map V3?
We have a shape with the following WKT. The problem with google map we normally extract out each of the lat and long value and put into an array and finally will do something like this. It works fine ...
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Adding Google map layer in Openlayers - what about this function?
How to add Google map as a layer (something like "var gmap = new OpenLayers.Layer.Google("Google Streets", {visibility: false})"?) to this mymap.js function i already have:
var map = new ...
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Looking for Alternatives to Google gmaps utility widget for ArcGIS JSAPI API
I have been using https://code.google.com/p/gmaps-utility-gis/ as a solution to displaying Google imagery as a base layer on a ESRI JSAPI map. With the advent of JSAPI 3.4 and full AMD support this ...
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help to code a spatial query that returns the results from a database
I have asked this question on stack overflow, what i need help with is to retrieve the database entries that fit within a polygon, drawn with the Google maps api. The map is showing the correct ...
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Digitized vectors don't match while zooming [duplicate]
I'm trying to digitize in QGIS with Google Maps as the background. Digitizing with constant zoom works fine. But if the zoom is changed, the digitized vectors don't match the Google Maps background ...
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kml divide map into regions
in google map,
how to show Douglas county MAP in regions manner. (east, west, north, south).
These regions should cover with border and show the picker when click the balloon.
Here is my KML ...
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Polygon colors overlap when zoom in the google map [closed]
I have posted this question in StackExchange previously with a different heading, but did not got much response. Posting this time again with some more clarification.
I have implemented a google map ...
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Displaying a dynamic KML file on Google Maps as it is on Google Earth
how can i display my kml files through network link on Google Maps instead of showing it on Google Earth.
I have tried the step mentioned on this link
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Simulating Random Movement Google Maps [duplicate]
Hi i have a pair of longitude and latitude coordinates and i would like to make a marker move on a map the path that it moves should be randomly generated however i want the marker to move 1 km every ...
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Google map goes blank when triggering click event outside [closed]
I have created a google map using V3 js API, and inside the map I am showing multiple markers. When I am clicking on a markers it does an ajax call and shows the result in the infowindow. I have added ...
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polygon color changes automatically when zooming map [closed]
I have implemented a google map using V3 js API. I am drawing about 500 zip code polygons inside the map. The colouring of the zip code polygons depends upon certain conditions which is working fine. ...
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WMS-C Google Maps v2 Android
I'm have added a map from a WMS-server in Google Maps v2 for Android using the code provided from this site: http://www.azavea.com/blogs/labs/2013/01/wms-on-android/ . The tiles are downloaded and ...
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How to draw straight lines inside google map polygon [closed]
I have created a google map using google map javascript API V3. I am drawing number of zipcode polygons. The polygons are of different colors depending upon some condition. Now I want to draw straight ...
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Data points Imported into QGIS are in the middle of ocean
I'm new to QGIS and tried importing some GTFS data in the CSV format (stops.txt). The project CRS, base map CRS and GTFS CRS have all been set to Google Mercator, but the points that are supposed to ...
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how to use mapproxy to serve WMS from reprojected google maps tiles
how to use mapproxy to serve WMS from reprojected google maps tiles, i have searched for docs, but there's no docs which describe how to add google maps as source.
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What are these Google Maps glowing spots? [duplicate]
Can any help me by identifying these glowing spots on the google maps image below? Am I in danger(I live nearby)?
Google Maps Link
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Extracting street segments from google maps?
I'm using the google maps v3 api and am trying to extract a list of intersections and street segments from an overlay created from a KML file.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to get the poly lines in a ...
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What Spatial Reference System do I store Google Map's Lat/Lng in [duplicate]
I am new to PostGIS, Spatial Reference Systems and projections and want to store lat/lng coordinates retrieved from Google Maps and its services like the Geocoder. I'm working with data in America and ...
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Generating Heatmap from PostGIS
I have GIS data in a PostGIS data base and would like to generate a density map and display them on a Leaflet/Google Maps.
Question: What is the recommended/typical method for doing so, without ...
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scale dependent rendering of base layers(gmap,ghyb) causes warping/flickering
Hey guys I am using geoserver to host my WMS layers and I am using gmaps base layers in Openlayers. Below I have attempted to use scale dependent rendering of the base layer without any luck.
What I ...
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OpenLayers.Layer.Markers Does not works with Google maps
Hello I am currently Testing OpenLayers, but I have a problem with the markers, the markers that I add with OpenLayers does not work with google maps, all marks appear in the center of the map, not ...
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Terms of use for printing maps via Qgis, openlayers and google maps
I am working in civil engineering for a commercial enterprise. I create maps with Qgis using the Openlayers plugin in order to have Google Maps as background images. Now I would like to print these ...
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Using GeoWebCache to cache google maps tiles
I'm new to GIS and I would like to know if anybody could give me a quick example of using geowebcache with google maps tiles.
Thanks.
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Fetch Google Map tile, without using Google Map API
Does anyone here know is there any other way to fetch Google map tile, without have to use Google Map API? Microsoft Bing Map does provide Rest API. wonder if possible to with Google Map, Cheer.
