07 Jan 2006
I finally got around to fixing my Google Maps hack to work with the API:
Put simply, this hack allows just about any geocoded data source to be overlayed on a Google Map. I’ve currently got BBC travel news, Weatherpixies, Flickr photos, UK points of interest, London web cams, GeoURL local web sites and UK Gatso speed cameras on there. Just select a data set from the drop down menu, and everything will automatically update.
Possible future improvements may include:
I’m sure there’s lots more I could do too. Suggestions welcome. :)
8 Responses
Robert P
January 24th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
1First off, this web site is great. What I was wondering is if anyone may know how I can design the map, where it uses layers in the coding, so that when you click on an icon on the right toobar like an icon for museums, it would populate the same icons on the larger map on the left of the web window. When someone would click on another icon on the toolbar like attractions icon, it would populate that icon on the large map but the museum icons would fade or disappear. I hope this is not to confusing in the wording. I am completely lost and need some assistance. If you have any information or any links that i can research to design what i am looking for, I would be most greatful.
Steve
February 14th, 2006 at 9:31 pm
2Like it! My only complaint is that when I use the Konqueror browser, I get a message saying “Sorry, the Google Maps API is not compatible with this browser”. But Google Maps are fine with Konqueror… Is it something about the API?
steve
February 18th, 2006 at 12:31 pm
3Answering my own question…
There does seem to be something about the API. But if I change Konqueror’s browser ID to Safari (Tools -> Change Browser Identification -> Other -> Safari), everything is fine. I’ve read somewhere else that this only works for Konqueror from 3.5 onwards.
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February 26th, 2006 at 5:28 pm
4can u put the .wad file for the half life game on the site as a hyperlink so that i can get it?
Rene
August 22nd, 2006 at 12:11 am
5Das ist ja ne interessante Seite, muss mir allerdings mehr Zeit nehmen. Bin etwas aus der Übung.
Pudding
March 9th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
6Hi there
Just discovered your fine app… only nothing seems to work in IE7 or Firefox. I can only imagine that as it is not exactly new, the code needs to be modified to meet new API standards. Is this page abandoned?
Pudding
March 9th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
7If it helps some debug info…
AJAX response for the calstate park feed:
<?xml version=”1.0″?>
<error>Feed ID not recognised. </error>
Response for the London Underground feed:
<?xml version=”1.0″?>
<error>Latitude is not a number. Longitude is not a number. Spanlat is not a number. Spanlon is not a number. Latitude out of range. Longitude out of range. Spanlat out of range. Spanlon out of range. Feed ID not recognised.</error>
Wondo
March 20th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
8It doesn’t work in IE6 either. It used to work but now it doesn’t.
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