Google Maps API

WhatsGoingOn

Hi,

Has anyone used the Google Map API. I have added it into a test site and it looks fine. The problem is finding the coordinates of towns that I want to add in. Anyone know a reliable site where I can get them?
I found this site http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/ireland-lat-long.html but the coordinates are all off, e.g the coordinates for Dublin give you Bray, for Clonmel you are nearly in Waterford etc.
I want my client to be able to add in locations himself. I have it linked up to a database where all he has to do is add in the coordinates and the details and it will automatically click on the map, but without reliable coordinates it is useless...

http://www.castlecomer.ie/maptest.php (note, it is very much under construction, trying to get functionality working, before design...)

Cork Skate

WhatsGoingOn wrote:

Has anyone used the Google Map API.

What is the link for it ???

WhatsGoingOn

Cork Skate wrote:

What is the link for it ???

http://www.google.com/apis/maps/

canker

From googles map api website

Google retains the right to put advertising on the map in the future

if your justin doing something basic it may be worth making it yourself in case you get stuck with ads. I've recently made something similar myself http://www.farmingtheworld.com/map . just uses x and y coordinates on a map jpeg and puts divs in those locations to point to stuff. If you had good detailed maps (like googles ones) you could create really nice stuff just doing this.

Eoin

WhatsGoingOn wrote:

Hi,

Has anyone used the Google Map API. I have added it into a test site and it looks fine. The problem is finding the coordinates of towns that I want to add in. Anyone know a reliable site where I can get them?
I found this site http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/ireland-lat-long.html but the coordinates are all off, e.g the coordinates for Dublin give you Bray, for Clonmel you are nearly in Waterford etc.
I want my client to be able to add in locations himself. I have it linked up to a database where all he has to do is add in the coordinates and the details and it will automatically click on the map, but without reliable coordinates it is useless...

http://www.castlecomer.ie/maptest.php (note, it is very much under construction, trying to get functionality working, before design...)

I use the Google API on my site (though only for FireFox users, for some reason I get a blank page, or DNS error when I access the page using IE )

I was able to get the co-ordinates I wanted, but it wasn't too pretty. I went to the http://maps.google.com/, and moved the map around till the location I wanted was in the centre of the map. (Double click on the place that you want centre of the map)

I then clicked the "link to the page" link, and the title bar displayed the co-ordinates in the querystring.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.263968,-6.145928&spn=0.004426,0.012149&hl=en
I then had to strip this out and enter the co-ordinates.

However, it may not be too hard to train the client to get as far as the link page and enter the full URL into a page that can strip out the details you need.

Eoin

WhatsGoingOn

eoin_s wrote:

I use the Google API on my site (though only for FireFox users, for some reason I get a blank page, or DNS error when I access the page using IE )

I was able to get the co-ordinates I wanted, but it wasn't too pretty. I went to the http://maps.google.com/, and moved the map around till the location I wanted was in the centre of the map. (Double click on the place that you want centre of the map)

I then clicked the "link to the page" link, and the title bar displayed the co-ordinates in the querystring.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.263968,-6.145928&spn=0.004426,0.012149&hl=en
I then had to strip this out and enter the co-ordinates.

However, it may not be too hard to train the client to get as far as the link page and enter the full URL into a page that can strip out the details you need.

Eoin

That's a good idea, thanks Eoin.

(Thanks aswell canker, but that is too much work for what I want curently )

Eoin

WhatsGoingOn wrote:

That's a good idea, thanks Eoin.

(Thanks aswell canker, but that is too much work for what I want curently )

Was quite curious actually - here is an ASP example, don't know if it would be of any use to you:

<% Option Explicit %>
<%
Dim sURL, nStart, nEnd, sCoord, sFirstCo, sSecondCo
sURL = "http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.263968,-6.145928&spn=0.004426,0.012149&hl=en"
nStart = Instr(sURL, "ll=") +3
nEnd   = instr(mid(sURL, nStart, len(sURL)),"&")
sCoord = mid(sURL, nStart, nEnd)
sFirstCo = mid(sCoord, instr(sCoord, ",")+1,len(sCoord))
sFirstCo = Replace(sFirstCo, "&", "")
sSecondCo = mid(sCoord, 1, instr(sCoord, ",")- 1)
Response.Write sFirstCo & "<BR>"
Response.Write sSecondCo
%>
<pre>
new GPoint(<%=sFirstCo%>,<%=sSecondCo%>);
</pre>

WhatsGoingOn

No, I use PHP, thanks anyway, but looks like a good idea

eoin_s wrote:

Was quite curious actually - here is an ASP example, don't know if it would be of any use to you:

<% Option Explicit %>
<%
Dim sURL, nStart, nEnd, sCoord, sFirstCo, sSecondCo
sURL = "http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.263968,-6.145928&spn=0.004426,0.012149&hl=en"
nStart = Instr(sURL, "ll=") +3
nEnd   = instr(mid(sURL, nStart, len(sURL)),"&")
sCoord = mid(sURL, nStart, nEnd)
sFirstCo = mid(sCoord, instr(sCoord, ",")+1,len(sCoord))
sFirstCo = Replace(sFirstCo, "&", "")
sSecondCo = mid(sCoord, 1, instr(sCoord, ",")- 1)
Response.Write sFirstCo & "<BR>"
Response.Write sSecondCo
%>
<pre>
new GPoint(<%=sFirstCo%>,<%=sSecondCo%>);
</pre>

odohertys

I have a proposition for you
Can you give me some help with the code for linking a database to a google map and I will give you a list of co-ords for Irish Towns
Regards
Séamus

WhatsGoingOn wrote:

Hi,

Has anyone used the Google Map API. I have added it into a test site and it looks fine. The problem is finding the coordinates of towns that I want to add in. Anyone know a reliable site where I can get them?
I found this site http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/ireland-lat-long.html but the coordinates are all off, e.g the coordinates for Dublin give you Bray, for Clonmel you are nearly in Waterford etc.
I want my client to be able to add in locations himself. I have it linked up to a database where all he has to do is add in the coordinates and the details and it will automatically click on the map, but without reliable coordinates it is useless...

http://www.castlecomer.ie/maptest.php (note, it is very much under construction, trying to get functionality working, before design...)

WhatsGoingOn

odohertys wrote:

I have a proposition for you
Can you give me some help with the code for linking a database to a google map and I will give you a list of co-ords for Irish Towns
Regards
Séamus

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