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Building Outline Data in Google Maps (Android)

I'm working on an Android project that focuses on knowing how close you are to buildings. I wanted to know if there is some way to extract the geographic information about the outlines of buildings out of the Google Maps API. Thanks.

EDIT: The functionality I'm looking for is similar to what's going on in this app. (Click the link near the top of the page that says "View Live Sample".)

http://resources.esri.com/help/9.3/arcgisserver/apis/javascript/gmaps/help/google_start.htm#topics/samples/identify_features.html

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I wanted to know if there is some way to extract the geographic information about the outlines of buildings out of the Google Maps API.

That information is not available from the Android Google Maps add-on. I have no idea if that information is available by any other means.

CommonsWare  2010-06-10 19:04:46
Hmm, It's beginning to look like there are currently no magic databases that contain this type of information just yet. I guess I'll have to acquire data on the relevant buildings myself. Thanks for the reply. :)
Caffeine  2010-06-11 07:08:35

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