Well, I guess the decision that was made at ECU to use the JavaScript API, not the Flash API for Google Maps was ultimately the correct one. According to the Google Geo Developers Blog, the Flash API deprecation announcement has been made. At the time, the Flash API was not chosen due to lack of […]
Category Archives: Google Maps
UNC CAUSE 2010 Slides
Here are the slides from my UNC CAUSE 2010 talk about Google Maps:
Using Google MyMaps as Live KML Data Sources
I felt very clever when I discovered how to get to the actual KML exported as part of the “View in Google Earth” feature of Google’s MyMaps area of Google Maps. I still don’t know why I didn’t make the leap sooner from downloading the data to using it live in an application. Although I […]
TabbedMaxContent with Multiple Points
Last time I showed how to use the TabbedMaxContent from Google to display large amounts of possibly dynamic data. The example I used only had one GMarker, though, which isn’t especially useful. Most map users want to have multiple points. So, with that in mind, here are some of the techniques that you need to […]
Adding Dynamic Behavior When Using TabbedMaxContent
Last time I promised a continuation of the series describing how I used the Tabbed Max Content JavaScript class for some Google Maps at ECU. One of the inspirations I used was the many examples in the Google Maps API Demo Gallery. Specifically, I used code snippets from the Tabbed Max InfoWindow + Dynamic Content […]
Using TabbedMaxContent with Google Maps
While working on a project to show general purpose computer labs at East Carolina University, I needed to combine several techniques, libraries and technologies. This post is about my experience with the TabbedMaxContent JavaScript class from the gmaps utility library. The examples and API reference certainly helped, but it took more effort to figure out […]