I found OpenStreetMap – project aiming to collect geographical data (like city plans) and provide them on CC license. It is volunteer project, gathering data via GPS log files upload. It looks like area coverage is mainly in UK, but as service will grow, it will cover much more areas. It is free service, and …
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How to create shapes for Google Maps?
I’m using Google Maps API and currently need to draw some shapes on it. Of course GPolygon is right for me, but I need data for it. Like countries shapes. So I wrote simple tool in JavaScript to draw shape on map, and get corresponding data – array with vertexes latitude and longitude. As for …
GLog – another reason to use Google Maps API
I have discovered new class in Google Maps API called GLog. And this is another reason to use Google Maps API. As its name suggest it can be used to logging from Your JavaScript application. It provides three methods for writing in log window. write, writeUrl, writeHtml write text, URL or HTML in log window. …
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Yahoo/Google Maps plugin for Rails
I have found this yesterday and I think it can be very useful for me and not only. Plugin to generate Google Maps and Yahoo! Maps Building Block API code directly from Ruby in Rails. I want to test YM4R (since this is how this project is named), maybe it will be useful for Run-N-Share. …
Run-N-Share update
Last night I have updated Run-N-Share to new version (version 0.175 to be precise). New features includes: new icons for markers (instead standard Google icons) cookies remember what location, zoom, and map type user have selected updated About routes can be described with short text, which among other info is displayed with route fixed several …