Re: Will version two of the API break Xmaps?

Wasn't it evilc who wrote:
>
>> I'd imagine that it would be possible to construct polygons from
>> GPolylines in API v2 in a similar manner to how XMaps constructs
>> XPolygons from XPolylines.
>
>I could understand how to make an unfilled polygon from a polyline, but
>how would I make a filled polygon from a polyline ?

That's what XMaps does in version 1.

If you load a page that uses an XMaps polygon in Firefox and use "view
page info" => "media" you can find the polygon images, and see that they
are generated by calls to the Google Polyline server.

E.g. this one is from the XPolygon example on the XMaps documentation
page.

<http://www.google.com/maplinedraw?width=293&height=30&path=kLSoC?}oRuG]
cH?}oRaCg@sL?}oR&color=255,255,0,140.25&weight=5>

The strategy that XMaps uses to fill an arbitrary polygon by weaving a
GPolyline back and forth is complex and obscure, but however it's done,
the strategy still applies in version 2.

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The Blackpool Community Church Google Map API Version 2 Tutorial
http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/googlemaps2/