Changing markers icons with Google Maps API

Almost year ago I’ve wrote short info about how to change icons in markers placed already on map with Google Maps API. It is cumbersome method, since it requires to delete and create markers. It is problem when with markers are associated some event listeners, since they need to be recreated also. But then was …

Google Maps – quick tip for finding coordinates

Sometimes I need to find out longitude and latitude of certain points. I use Google Maps to find place, and… Until last weekend I have clicked link to this page and looked in URL. Usually there was lat and lng. But this was good enough when I need find it for one or two places. …

Google Maps API as debugger tool

AJAX applications can get hard to debug. Recently developing FriendsFeedMe I got to the point, where I had three AJAX calls called in sequence (by onScuccess callback). More, this could happen in multiple instances in parallel. Well… it was messy, but was just working, so I did not clean up it without need (don’t fix …

RNS now comes with labels

Last night I have pushed new RNS version. This time it is rather significant update. Now every point on route can be labeled with some text and use some additional icon. Currently there are two types provided – information and warning sign. You can see example on this route. Click on icon to see label. …