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Nepal Map API
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PHP API to generate Nepal's map with options to highlight districts.

See example.php for usage example. Demo at http://jwalanta.com/nepalmapapi


Usage
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<?

// Include the library and create object:

include("nepalmap.php");
$map = new NepalMap();

// Set options:

// set image width
$map->setWidth(1000); 

// set stroke color array(r,g,b) and width
$map->setStroke(array(0,0,0), 2); 

// set fill color for districts
// array format "district_name"=>array(r,g,b)
$map->setDistrictFillColor(array("kathmandu"=>array(255,0,0),
                                 "lalitpur"=>array(100,0,0)));
                                 
// generate map!
$map->generateMap();  // sends to browser

// or,
$map->generateMap("/path/to/file.png");  // saves as file

?>

Other Options
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getImageWidth(), getImageHeight()
- Returns maps width and height

htmlAreaCode()
- Returns <area> html code to be used with <map>. See maphilight (http://plugins.jquery.com/project/maphilight) or mapper.js (http://www.netzgesta.de/mapper/) on using this data.