[thelist] Google (or other) Maps
Mark Groen
evolt at markgroen.com
Mon Oct 29 08:29:08 CDT 2012
On 2012-10-26 7:25 AM, Bob Meetin wrote:
> Thx Jay,
>
> Meaning that you were able to do something similar to what I'm
> describing with Google Maps? I understand that you can manually set
> up a map using the service and their plot many locations function,
> http://maps.google.com/help/maps/getmaps/plot-multi.html. However,
> what I need to do is manage the locations automatically through a
> table on the hosting server which maintains city or country names,
> coordinates, etc. Each hotspot will include a link to a profile. So I
> would have to write to the maps file that is maintained on the local
> host.
>
> I found this link
> https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/tutorial.
> What is YMMV?
>
> Anyway, you are confirming that the X/Y coordinates are required.
Something similar we did with the roads on the island, started out with
the Google doc you linked to above:
http://bowenisle.info/roads/roadstat.php
It uses polylines, but comes from the same place as the place markers.
cheers,
Mark
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