Re: [PHP] AI file and mapping with PHP
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On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Thijs Lensselink <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting Angelo Zanetti <[email protected]>: > > Hi Guys, >> >> We have a project where by we have a map in ai format (vector format). >> What >> we want to do is to programmatically come up with a solution that say on >> the >> map there is a restaurant at a certain location, that we can zoom into the >> map on that specific area. >> >> I really am not sure where to start. I guess image maps arent going to >> work >> are they? >> >> Should I be using the GD library for manipulating the images and doing >> zooming? Also will the ai format be supported? >> >> Please guys, any tips, links or help is appreciated. >> >> TIA >> >> Angelo >> >> > I think doing something like this with GD is nearly impossible. > > But you could import the vector image in flash/flex. Draw an invisible > grid over it to create some sort of long / lat coordinats. > > Or maybe just move to the google / yahoo map API's. > I guess GoogleMap API can do this. But you are working on javascript ..