I asked about the prices, they start at US$ 125,000 for Google enterprise, but the pro version has most of the features I need...except for the ability to read SHP files.

>Victor,
>>I came to this wonderful freeware program shp2kml, which converts maps in ESRI/SHP format to KML and then displays them in Google Earth. Amazing stuff.
>>I'd like to integrate it into my application, but the sad thing is that the program is a standard exe with no command line options and no API or any other interface.
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>Google Earth and other programs can usually be handled through their own API's/WS-Interfaces.
>AFAIR Google has 50 calls free per day - others are similar or give you Implementations including Apache and their WS for a localhost-testing install. Might be relevant to get call count/price range info beforehand <bg>.
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>regards
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>thomas