Google Maps RouteBoxer in PHP

Posted by Justin Koreska on February 3, 2011 at 4:20 PM EDT 5 Comments php routeboxer google-maps

If you've used Google Maps API to plot a route, and then tried to find locations near that route, you'll likely have come across their RouteBoxer utility, included in the V3 utility library. Either that, or you're using a database with OpenGIS spatial capabilities, like PostgreSQL.

Essentially, RouteBoxer lays a grid over your route ...