I was wondering if with this new library, if there was a way to place the 
map labels above polygons.  I know that normally polygon's zIndex is only 
in relation to other polygons, but that would be the solution to a problem 
I've been having for quite some time now.

On Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:05:08 AM UTC-4, Chris Broadfoot (Google 
Employee) wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> A few of you who had watched my Google I/O talk* were wondering when we 
> were going to release the Map Label utility library... wonder no more.
>
> So, a quick introduction for this utility library:
>  - Dynamic rendering of map labels using Canvas 2D*
>  - Lots of rendering options — font size, font face, color, alignment
>  - Control over zoom levels where the label is rendered
>
> This library essentially came out of the work Luke & I did for this year's 
> interactive I/O map: http://www.google.com/events/io/2011/embed.html
>
> Demo:
>
> http://google-maps-utility-library-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/maplabel/examples/maplabel.html
>
> Reference docs:
>
> http://google-maps-utility-library-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/maplabel/docs/reference.html
>
> Source code:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/google-maps-utility-library-v3/source/browse/trunk/maplabel/src/
>  
>
> Let us know how you go with it!
>
> Chris
>
> * Shameless plug: http://youtu.be/ATfdi-oYWzw
> * Obviously, it only works in browsers that support Canvas :)
>
> -- 
> http://twitter.com/broady
>  

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