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xml, and lots of time.
Posted on May 5, 2007 | No CommentsBack again. Only two weeks left of school. I spent the past two days trying to work XML into the picture for the time line aspect. The thought was, if... -
Getting it to work.
Posted on April 26, 2007 | No CommentsI’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... -
The Continuing Saga of Map Making
Posted on April 24, 2007 | No CommentsSo, 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... -
I think I’ll Yahoo!
Posted on April 14, 2007 | No CommentsI 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... -
To Google, or not to Google. That is the question.
Posted on April 9, 2007 | No CommentsSo, 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.... -
Phase 2 – plot the objects on a map
Posted on April 5, 2007 | No CommentsI 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... -
I know the country outlines by heart
Posted on April 2, 2007 | No CommentsI 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... -
Aaaargh…. maps.
Posted on March 30, 2007 | No CommentsWell, all of my time tonight was spent on drawing and re-drawing most of the country outlines in order to get the effects that I want. I didn’t get much... -
A better looking map
Posted on March 28, 2007 | No CommentsWow. That took a long time! I spent the whole evening working on making a better looking map. I almost had a bit of a scare as well, that all... -
Making a map, part 2
Posted on March 27, 2007 | No CommentsSo, I spent another 4 hours working on the Flash map. Mills showed me some really great Flash maps for inspiration. They live at MapsOfWar.com. I like the History of...