province level maps for Germany - geoChart

[orwant]

Hello,

I tried to use the geoChart API with some province level maps from Germany. But I´m
facing the problem, that only the map of germany with the provice structure is available.
So is it possible to add some province level maps for germany?

Thanks
Robert

Original issue reported on code.google.com by robert.richter.02 on 2014-06-19 15:10:17

[orwant]

 I'm a bit confused by your post. You first say that you are trying "to use the GeoChart
API with some province level maps from Germany," then you say that "only the map of
Germany with the province structure is available." It seems like that's exactly what
you need. Can you please be more specific about exactly what you want vs what the GeoChart
is offering?

It is possible to make your own maps, but it's an arduous process and not for those
with a weak stomach. We could potentially add maps, but it's not clear from your post
what maps you are looking for.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by grabks@google.com on 2014-06-19 15:30:53

[orwant]

Sorry for this misunderstanding. I will explain it by taking an example. 

I have a map with this option:

mapOptions = {
   region: 'DE',
   ...
}

This works fine and displays the map of Germany. But I´m looking for a map one level
deeper, like this: (map of berlin)

 region: 'DE-BE'
or
 region: 'DE-SN'

I hope with this example, i could explain a bit more detailed what i´m looking for.
If not please let me know.

Thanks
Robert

Original issue reported on code.google.com by robert.richter.02 on 2014-06-19 16:21:31

[orwant]

OK, that makes a bit more sense. What, exactly, do you explain to see when you request
one of those maps? Do you have a link to a list of regions that you would expect to
be there?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by grabks@google.com on 2014-06-19 17:30:44

[orwant]

Thanks for your quick reply.
I thought about a map in same design as the currently provided ones and showing the
administrativ districts of each state.
Here is a example link for saxony: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landkreise_Sachsen_2012.svg

The names doesn´t have to be on the map, but the borders would be nice.

Is it possible to provide such a map?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by robert.richter.02 on 2014-06-19 17:50:25

[orwant]

The challenge here isn't getting the polygons, it is finding a standard identifier for
them, since German contains special characters, and most people would not know how
to write "Meißen" in their JavaScript and still have it work. The primary purpose of
these maps is to show data on them, and so without identifiers, it is unclear how to
show the data.

Do you actually have data that you want to display for these regions?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by grabks@google.com on 2014-06-19 18:09:35

[orwant]

Yes these special charactars are definetly a problem. 
I´m not sure, but maybe a note could be given in the documentation, how to write these
letters:
ß = s
ä = ae
Ö = oe
Ü = ue

Yes, we have actually a demand from a department in our company, to show some data
on maps. It concerns a business intelligence dashboard on which we want to show some
region related data and it would be great if we could use this kind of maps.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by robert.richter.02 on 2014-06-19 18:42:35

[orwant]

is currently something planned therefor?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by robert.richter.02 on 2014-07-02 09:21:37

[orwant]

I will think about how we can implement this. Even if we decide to do this, it probably
won't be anytime soon.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by grabks@google.com on 2014-07-02 13:46:12