Can I show a single country (masked out) in GoogleMaps?

Question

Hello! Is it possible to mask away neighbor countries in GoogleMap? In my case I just want to show Sweden on one view. On a second view just Norway, Denmark etc etc...

I know it is possible to draw polygon lines and fill them accordingly on to Maps API. Problem is that or the result sets get huge or the lines get very rough etc... Would be nice if GoogleMaps could deliver a country at the time without neighbors.

Does anyone know about a good coordinate database with country borders?

Best best regards,

Niclas

Answer 1

Have you considered loading in a custom map?

I haven't used it myself, but hopefully that link could help you out a bit :)

Answer 2

You could use custom tiles, like this: http://maps.forum.nu/gm_texas.html

Then the size of the dataset doesn't matter. You always get good quality with minimal loading time. But creating custom tiles is an entirely different matter. :-)

marcelo - maps.forum.nu