Comments on: Learn the Google Maps API in a hurry

By: anoop

anoop — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:06:38 +0000

can any one help me to integrate google map in vb.net…i dont want to use asp.net nor flash nor javascript…is it possible to integrate google map???? please reply to this post or mail me at anooopfriend4u@gmail.com
and also tell me is it requried to have google earth to create a kml file???if not requried then how to create it

By: Tanapon

Tanapon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:22:40 +0000

Please see how I use google map in my business directory website:-)

http://www.yourplacemark.com

Your comment is really important to improve it!

Best Regards,

Audy
Tanapon Arsakit

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:14:39 +0000

Patronising Nob

By: Ravi

Ravi — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:55:25 +0000

how to get client location in c#

By: edr

edr — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:25:42 +0000

Just a quick note to mention that the snipe at ASP developers is not appreciated. Not everyone uses PHP and MySQL as their development platform and there are plenty of ASP and .NET coders bent on developing to standards as much as the next guy. There is nothing about coding in ASP that automatically puts you in a camp of developers without concern for best practices. I agree the code style in this sample leaves much to be desired, but had it been written in PHP would that mention have even been made?

By: kalin

kalin — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:37:29 +0000

on http://www.topspot-ornot.com there is a nice project which makes a combination of google maps, hotornot and wikipedia. i found a lot of cool hacks of the google maps api in there. they did quite neat things with the info windows and the markers

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:08:17 +0000

I noticed some people were asking how to implement the Google Maps API using PHP. I did the PHP implementation of Google Maps at GymPost.com, which I think is a pretty polished an advanced implementation. If you have specific questions, please email me using the "Contact Us" form accessible in the header and I'll try to respond. This implementation uses AJAX, XML, and a number of the API tools. Ryan www.gympost.com

By: MarkB

MarkB — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 07:38:03 +0000

Hey Michael – thanks for the info.

I neglected to mention I wanted it for the UK (although US would be useful, too).

Thanks :)
Mark

By: michaelphipps

michaelphipps — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:18:40 +0000

Does anyone know how to use the API, and generate the Long/Lat values from just a postcode?

I haven’t used the api, but I have found databases with lat/long values, and cities, which could be combined with city / postcode info.

Depends where you are – in Australia, that information will cost you around $1500 (that’s the cheapest I could find – if anyone knows of a cheaper alternative I’d love to hear about it). For America I stumbled across a free worldwide lat / long / city database, but I don’t think it really does anywhere outside America very accurately.

Let me know if you want more details.

By: dschultz

dschultz — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:27:10 +0000

If you go here: http://www.flashearth.com, you can actually grab some source code that lets you do this all from within flash (no server side required). There is also a free online webservice available here that will take a US location (i.e 123 Broadway, New York) and return long / lat. Try it out it's pretty sweet!

By: amelvin1968

amelvin1968 — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 10:41:29 +0000

It’s easy to criticise but if the code works and is for demonstration purposes why is the coding even mentioned?

Well done, Wayne Lambright, I intend to use the expression ‘version one is better than version none’ repeatedly from now on – it is something of an extension of my favourite Calvin Coolidge quote about persistence being more important than talent, genius or education.

From the comments it’s clear that there are a lot of talented geniuses out there who are a bit too quick to sneer.

By: csi95

csi95 — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 02:13:06 +0000

but I guess if you’re using ASP that’s not your biggest concern.

Such ignorance.

By: Wayne Lambright -map creator

Wayne Lambright -map creator — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 16:23:09 +0000

Hello and thanks for your comments about the google maps.

My goal was to get the maps working, and that they do. Is the code scary? Only if you don’t understand it, could it have been written better? Absolutely. Will I write a better commented, more conscience version? Probably.

For your consideration I have a philosophy when it comes to new features. “Version 1, is better then version none!“

Cheers

Wayne lambright
Sfsurvey.com

By: digitalbart

digitalbart — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:44:06 +0000

In case anyone is interested there is a php program already for this: Phoogle Maps

By: Marcus Tucker

Marcus Tucker — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:40:06 +0000

Yes, absolutely dire ASP code there, shockingly bad.

However, I am intrigued by the rather flippant line

but I guess if you’re using ASP that’s not your biggest concern.

So what *should* my biggest concern be, as someone who has always written functional, modular, efficient and scalable web applications using ASP (and still does)?

By: MarkB

MarkB — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:31:07 +0000

(Not entirely off-topic, but…) Does anyone know how to use the API, and generate the Long/Lat values from just a postcode?

By: flyingpylon

flyingpylon — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:44:43 +0000

The code, which is presented in Dreamweaver, is downright scary from a best practices point of view, too… but I guess if you’re using ASP that’s not your biggest concern.

Sorry, but that’s just a really stupid comment. If the code is bad, then say so and leave it at that.

By: Halo-13

Halo-13 — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:41:53 +0000

I wondered if this was possible… but i’m not an ASP guy so I will have to watch out for a PHP version.

By: Chicago Pete

Chicago Pete — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:26:21 +0000

Hey,
Any chance of anyone posting information on how to pull this off using PHP? My friend and I have a server that has Apache and PHP. Thanks in advance.

Chicago Pete

By: oldwebgeek

oldwebgeek — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:45:13 +0000

I have to admin, I was slightly stunned by the coding style portrayed in this tutorial. Not all ASP code is written like that.

By: WebDevGuy

WebDevGuy — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:49:00 +0000

This is cool stuff. I’d like to see a PHP tutorial where you already have the lat/long and just need to incorporate the map into your app.

By: Dr Livingston

Dr Livingston — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 09:11:47 +0000

> The bad news: the script presented by the tutorial is written in ASP and uses Access for the database,

:lol: … much later … :lol:

> but I guess if you’re using ASP that’s not your biggest concern.

Nope, I don’t suppose it would be ;) One concern would be why your still using ASP in the first place :lol:

Interesting blogs btw Kevin, Google seams to be doing some ground breaking stuff nowadays huh

By: RaS!

RaS! — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:48:48 +0000

Oh well, the script presented is so simple that lots of coder won’t have difficult to port it in PHP… :)