title: Is there an easy way of highlighting a region on Google Maps?
body: <p>Other than drawing a polygon in Google Maps API, is there a way for me to get the "Northwest Washington DC" region on a Google map? When I search this area in Google maps itself, it has a nice highlighting effect which I like to replicate in my own website.</p>
  
  <p>The issue with drawing the polygon is that I wouldn't really know how to get the correct LatLng coordinates for the polygon's path!</p>