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Wishful Thinking: Overlays in GoogleMaps

Started by Rothman, March 23, 2017, 02:13:19 PM

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Rothman

If only I could overlay my maps from mob-rule.com and Travel Mapping on top of each other in Google Maps...

That may be too much of a good thing to wish for.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.


froggie

Just discovered that the former is available.  Goog has been changing their API interface too often for TM to keep up...

Rothman

My knowledge on manipulating GoogleMaps is very thin indeed.  How on Earth do you export the mob-rule map to overlay it?
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

Jim

Quote from: froggie on March 23, 2017, 02:16:59 PM
Just discovered that the former is available.  Goog has been changing their API interface too often for TM to keep up...

Is something not working in TM?
Photos I post are my own unless otherwise noted.
Signs: https://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/
Travel Mapping: https://travelmapping.net/user/?u=terescoj
Counties: http://www.mob-rule.com/user/terescoj
Twitter @JimTeresco (roads, travel, skiing, weather, sports)

Rothman

Hold on a minute, Froggie, were you just talking about how you can view your mob-rule map in Google Maps?  I've been doing that all along.

What I'm wishing for is to take it as a GIS layer and layer it over the TM map and then even another Google Map I have of places I want to visit.  Layer them all on each other into one "super map." :D
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

vdeane

Given that TM only approximates the route, I'm not sure if combining it with mob-rule would be 100% accurate.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

Rothman

Pfft.  TM is already using Google Maps.  Good 'nuff.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

Jim

It would be pretty good to see them overlapped, though, so you could give a quick look to see if any of your TM-plotted travels entered a county that you didn't have marked as visited on mob-rule.
Photos I post are my own unless otherwise noted.
Signs: https://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/
Travel Mapping: https://travelmapping.net/user/?u=terescoj
Counties: http://www.mob-rule.com/user/terescoj
Twitter @JimTeresco (roads, travel, skiing, weather, sports)

Rothman

I'll just have to print them all out on transparencies. :D
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

Bruce

Import Wikipedia KMLs into Google Earth or Google My Maps and snip them as needed.

Google My Maps is a really neat web-based tool. I use it to track my transit clinches: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1oxn4Zh08XB1DwESIUEdso8lxE4I

Rothman

Quote from: Bruce on March 24, 2017, 01:09:01 AM
Import Wikipedia KMLs into Google Earth or Google My Maps and snip them as needed.

Google My Maps is a really neat web-based tool. I use it to track my transit clinches: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1oxn4Zh08XB1DwESIUEdso8lxE4I

Heh.  Yeah, I suppose I could go through the trouble of recreating my mob-rule and TM maps on my own and do that.  It's just a pity that there isn't an "Export as KML" button!
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.



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