I’m finally getting somewhere with the Yahoo/Flash map. The latest is always viewable at http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/maps/yahoo.html. Tonight I worked on getting the title and description to show up nice. The description is usually really long, so I found a php function that truncates it (without cutting of mid-word), and adds an elipse to show more text. [...]
So, I’ve decided to use the yahoo/flash option because it looks better, and it’s a bit easier to implement. The biggest impediment is not having geocodes for each item in the database. Here are some steps that must be taken before the map can work. The database needs to add a longitude and latitude field [...]
I did some more researching and playing around with the Yahoo and Flash options and I think this will be the better way. As an example of why, look at Justin Everett-Church’s work creating custom ‘themes’ for the maps. Also in my search I came across some neato projects Trippermap plots your flickr photos on [...]
So, I am now in the stage where I decide how to plot the objects from the database onto a map. The question becomes, which map technology do I use. There are several options. Google Map, using the Google Map API. Yahoo! Maps, using the Yahoo! Maps API Build the map in Flash. Some form [...]
I started thinking and researching for phase 2 of the internship tonight. Plotting all of the objects that a student selects as their “My Favorites” on a map. There seems to be a number of options available, and the most usable seems to be a combination of yahoo maps and flash. A quick search of [...]
I now know the country outlines in Eastern Europe by heart. I could probably draw them in the dark. Contrary to the previous posts claim, I didn’t figure out the trick. It’s not actually the brush tool, but it is the pen tool I need to use. And most importantly WITH THE OBJECT SELECTION OFF!!! [...]