Jonathon: It looks like a Google Earth plugin is needed for Augmented Earth. True? Does that give you installation issues? Does the Map Widget behave well with plugins? Bill
> On Apr 27, 2017, at 9:09 AM, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I use maps in the browser widget extensively for Augmented Earth. It works > great. > > You could hypothetically export the image data from the HTML canvas object, > export the lat/lng boundaries, and present all of that through a LiveCode > image object. Be prepared to do a bit of math, but I think it would work. > > Many of the map apis allow you to put both markers and polygons on a map with > JavaScript, which might give you better performance. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 27, 2017, at 11:26 AM, William Prothero via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> What I'm thinking about is a map that I can control location and >> magnification of a google map from livecode, do an image capture, and draw >> symbols on that capture. I would need to be able to recover the latitude and >> longitude of the displayed map boundaries. >> >> I remember some discussions about whether image capture works with browser >> windows. >> >> If anybody has wisdom on whether this will work, before I spend a bunch of >> time researching this, I'd be grateful. There is, I think, an API to google >> Earth, which might be something to look into. >> >> Thanks, >> Bill P >> >> William Prothero >> http://es.earthednet.org >> >>> On Apr 27, 2017, at 8:04 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> I do not believe you can have a google map not in a browser. That is to >>> say, you cannot have a google INTERACTIVE map. You can certainly drop >>> screenshots in as graphics. >>> >>> Bob S >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 26, 2017, at 19:31 , William Prothero via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I found this link on the LC site. >>>> https://livecode.com/map-widget-coming-to-livecode/ >>>> <https://livecode.com/map-widget-coming-to-livecode/> >>>> >>>> Is there a map widget? Anybody working with google maps, not in a browser? >>>> If so, could you point me to a URL for a starter >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> William A. Prothero >>>> http://earthlearningsolution.org/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
