Re: AI file and mapping with PHP

Quoting Angelo Zanetti <angelo@elemental.co.za>:

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.