Mapping
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Category: Examples
, Geo, Google, JavaScript, Mapping, Yahoo!
As part of an upcoming article on geo location I am putting together a few Geo Toys for myself and here is the first one. Addmap.js is a JavaScript that analyses an elements text content, finds geographical locations and links them to Google Maps. It also adds a map preview and a list of the Read the rest...
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Category: Canvas, Mapping
Ben Weissmann is one of the researchers at the MIT Media Lab's Design Ecology group who's working on Cartagen, a vector-based, client-side framework for rendering maps in native HTML 5. It's impressive. Here he explains more: Using JavaScript and HTML5's canvas element, Cartagen takes data (including OpenStreetMap data) and renders it in the browser. This Read the rest...
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Category: JavaScript, Mapping
Ben Nolan has a writeup on a new feature in his Weheartplaces application that tweaks the info popup that comes with Google Maps by using a custom overlay. He walks us through an example that ends up with an Infowin class like this: PLAIN TEXT JAVASCRIPT: // Infowin class for displaying a miniature info Read the rest...
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Category: Mapping, UI
Bertrand Le Roy pointed me to Seadragon Ajax, a JavaScript client that gives you deep zoom (think: Google Maps) ability in short order. To build the thing itself you use Deep Zoom Composer and then you choose whether you want the Silverlight version or this Ajax one. The embed viewer is easy to use too.
Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Category: Mapping
I know, I know, this is a bit niche but, given the ubiquity of embedded Google Maps (and having done my fair share of Google Maps hacking), I found two utilities from CloudSync interesting. The first is a web-based interface for playing around with putting custom markers on a map (i.e., the GIcon and GMarker Read the rest...
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Category: GWT, Mapping
Alexander (aka Sasha) Maryanovsky has been hacking away with GWT, and has some come up with a couple of interesting project. The first, is a fun chess diagram builder that lets you build out a chess diagram and export it out: Also, he has created Sasha Maps, an API that abstracts mapping implementations allowing you Read the rest...
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Category: Mapping
When you link to Google Maps on the iPhone, it opens up the naive application to give you the full iPhone experience. Alastair James wanted to use the Google Maps JavaScript API on the iPhone, and wrote up his thoughts: Before the newest version of mobile Safari, this would not have been possible. Fundamentally you Read the rest...
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Category: Gears, Google, JavaScript, Mapping, Standards
Last week I wrote a simple WhereAreYou? application that used the Google Ajax APIs ClientLocation API to access your location via your IP address. At the same time, we announced support for the Gears Geolocation API that can calculate your address using a GPS device, WiFi info, cell tower ids, and IP address lookups. Add Read the rest...
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
Category: Articles, jQuery, Mapping, Microformat
Simon Willison just doesn't stop. This time he has added a way that details the technique of unobtrusively mapping microformats with jQuery. Simon puts together jQuery, microformats, and the Google Maps API to grok hCard and show maps of any hCard data that is found, ending up with: PLAIN TEXT JAVASCRIPT: jQuery(function() { Read the rest...
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Category: Mapping, Ruby, Showcase
Andre Lewis has a new site out there, Placeshout which offers a way to quickly call out your favourites place in various locations. You could argue that we have other places for this... Yelp for example, or My Maps themselves. So, why Placeshout? Sometimes, you just want a quick suggestion When Andre and I are Read the rest...
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Category: Dojo, Google, Mapping, Offline, TIBCO
Luke Birdeau has remixed Craigslist to produce a desktop-esque Ajax application view on the data that adds features such as being able to save your favorites, add notes to them, and even use the app offline (e.g. take your laptop on the road to go see the stuff for sale of meet that blind date). Read the rest...
Friday, July 20th, 2007
Category: Mapping, Showcase
I don't normally post many "mashups" but Prague 360 is to beautiful to pass up. Jeffrey Martin and his brother David have created some high quality views on some of the cities, and they use the Google Maps API as the platform to show the content. If you head over to Prague, you will see Read the rest...
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Category: Google, Mapping, Showcase
When I first saw the new Street View functionality that has appeared in the Google Maps preview I was obviously impressed. We have seen other companies taking photos of the content, but being able to walk around the Map was very cool. If I am visiting a new building, or area, I find myself checking Read the rest...
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Category: Mapping, Showcase
Yahoo! Travel has added a new Map on Map feature which allows you to overlay maps, and set the opacity. For example, this example has the forum in Rome overlayed on top of the city. You can also check out the Grand Canyon and the National Mall.
Friday, March 30th, 2007
Category: Mapping, Toolkit
InfiView is a mapping development tool that empowers engineers to build infinite-sized Web 2.0 mind maps, network topologies, organization charts, LDAP tools and technical diagrams. InfiView uses Ajax technology and its own unique dynamic memory management to enable developers to systematically create graphical web applications using any amount of data (from very small all the Read the rest...
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Monday, March 26th, 2007
Category: Mapping, Showcase
Antony Zanetti of HylioSoft have created Click2Map, an Ajax map editor. The application is based on Bindows, the .NET Ajax framework, and it allows you to create maps, add markers, and build out the Google Map. I was a bit surprised at the startup time (loading X/Y), but to be fair this is an early Read the rest...
