title: Outline and shade regions using the Google Maps JavaScript API
body: <p>The Google Maps web application geocodes and outlines regional areas in a very nice fashion. Is this possible through the Google Maps JavaScript API? An example of the website:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://maps.google.se/maps?q=sk%C3%A5ne&amp;hl=sv&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=57.1422,13.337402&amp;spn=5.468408,16.907959&amp;sll=39.290385,-76.612189&amp;sspn=0.243658,0.528374&amp;hnear=Sk%C3%A5ne+l%C3%A4n&amp;t=m&amp;z=7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://maps.google.se/maps?q=sk%C3%A5ne&amp;hl=sv&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=57.1422,13.337402&amp;spn=5.468408,16.907959&amp;sll=39.290385,-76.612189&amp;sspn=0.243658,0.528374&amp;hnear=Sk%C3%A5ne+l%C3%A4n&amp;t=m&amp;z=7</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/iK8BK.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/iK8BK.png" alt="searching for Skåne, Sweden"></a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/9q9sJ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/9q9sJ.png" alt="outline and shading for Skåne, Sweden"></a></p>
  
  <p>This is the county of Skåne in Sweden. The Google Maps web application outlines it in red and shades it pink. I want to geocode and display regions like this with the Google Maps JavaScript API. How?</p>