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color=#0000ff size=2>You can look at using MapGuide Open Source which has the
ability to natively publish data as Google Earth network links. This can
include any of the polygonal demographic information that you want to load into
the repository. This can be done using some out-of-the-box
functionality and a little programming, or you can get even more complex with
more programming. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=109562723-03062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Take a look at the MGOS live gallery page for several
examples of how this can work. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://mapguide.osgeo.org/livegallery.html">http://mapguide.osgeo.org/livegallery.html</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>Andy Morsell, P.E.</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>Spatial Integrators,
Inc.</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma size=1><A
href="http://www.SpatialGIS.com">http://www.SpatialGIS.com</A></FONT></SPAN>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mapguide-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapguide-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Alan
Lawrance<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:26 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mapguide-users] Which way to
jump<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi,</DIV>
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<DIV>I am have a small business that helps Retail clients determine the
potential of their trade area and I would like to move the information from
paper to Google maps. Ideally they could click on polygons
(postcodes or Census districts) to build their trade area and the underlying
data would be summated. </DIV>
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<DIV>As google is advancing so quickly do you have any suggestions on the
packages I should use to generate the KML for google maps/earth? I am
familiar with HTML and some UNIX but have not used java or
PHP and was wondering if it is better to go opensouce (ie mapguide opensource)
or use the prepackage Manifold. Manifold looks like the easier
option but I am concerned it may not be able to keep up with Google maps
developments. </DIV>
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<DIV>Any help would be greatly appreciated. <BR clear=all><BR>All the
best<BR><BR>Alan </DIV></BODY></HTML>