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Adding new places in google maps

I am using Google javascript api Currently. I would like to add new places like add small villages in the map, these small village does not appear in google map even when I am highest zoom. I know villages Lat/Lang and would like to add them when someone zoom in map (placed in my website). I can use Marker to accomplish similar, But it is not same as having places by default appear on map.
I tried searching stackoverflow and elsehere on net, But could not find any references. If someone can please sugggest on it

You need to request it from google: google.com/mapmaker
You need to drew a polygon of the city borders.
every request must to be approved by google.
Hope its help.

I used MarkWithLabel to accompalish http://google-maps-utility-library-v3.googlecode.com/svn/tags/markerwithlabel/1.1.8/docs/examples.html

How do I get the business infowindow for a custom Google map

Is this possible and if so, how do I do it. Here's an example of what I mean -> http://174.120.83.2/~highliac/location-burien-wa.php
Do I need to use the Places API as well?

if you are using google map api v3 you can use infobox. please check the link and try Google Map api v3 - Infobox . if any problem comes please comment me i will help you..
have a nice day

Give different color to each country in google map

Does anyone know how to give a different color to each country in a google map?
e.g:
in the world map
Blue overlay to UK, then RED china...etc
I wonder if google provide API to give color to each country
Thanks

Using Google Maps this is really not easy, as #oezi said you would need to build overlays of every country you want to color, which frankly sounds like a mess.
But if you don't need all of the functionalities of Google Maps, perhaps you can use a Map Chart from the fantastic Google Chart Tools (aka Chart API). You can check and tinker with a working example of a Colored Map (among some others) in the interactive Chart Wizard
2017 UPDATE: This answer is quite old and as such the Map Charts API has been deprecated by Google. You can use the Geocharts from the Google Charts API instead:
https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/geochart
Hope this helps!

you may check this question,it's the same question you are asking.
How to color countries using google maps?
it's talking about google Geocharts in google maps.

there is a possibility to change the map style. and there is a very nice interactive example here - but, as far as i can see, it isn't possible to change the style of a specific country using this, so you'll have to build your own overlays using polygons.

First, find the shape file in .kml format. Tip: try googling "kml uk" or "kml china".
Once you have the KMLfile, host it somewhere and then call it as a var inside your Google Maps API initMap like this:
var myCustomRegion = new google.maps.KmlLayer({
url: 'FULL_URL_TO_YOUR_SHAPE_FILE',
map: map
});
Now your shape is laid into your map.
You can style the shape using the <LineStyle> and <PolyStyle> tags inside the KML file itself.

Replacing Google Maps with Cloudmade map?

I'm trying to implement something like Paul Kulchenko's datamark:
http://notebook.kulchenko.com/maps/datamark
and I was wondering if there was a way to replace the Google Map with a Cloudmade one. I realize now that there's Google's Styled Maps tool, but I'd like to know of a Cloudmade map working with Google Maps API classes.
Thank you, and Happy Holidays!

Google Maps lets you place your own custom tile overlays on top of (or instead of) the default tiles. See http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/overlays.html for documentation on this, or http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Maps_Example for some OSM specific examples.

How to use anyother map like google maps in UIWebView in iphone?

I have done google map in UIWebView and it works perfectly with routing stuff and all. But now i want to load some other map into the WebView and get all the features that i get from google maps. How can i do it?
For eg: I want to load this one to the UIWebView. http://stage.discoveritalia.it/conbipel/ .This is an italian map. I want to use it in the same way as google maps works in an iphone app. Plz help me.

Since you are using normal web-based Google Maps in a UIWebView and not UIMapKit you approach this as any other Google Maps implementation using JavaScript.
The way this is done is by defining a custom map tile layer. See the Google Maps API documentation for custom tiles for more information.
Note that beside the actual programming, you need to have (and the rights to use) the actual map tiles as well.