US Map Representation

[barge1]

I'm looking for some sort of software/script that could be updated by someone and accessible by a fair amount of people that would be a map representation of the U.S. – with maybe pushpins or some sort of icon on the city where we have our various crews that when clicked on could expand to details about the actual job (i.e. location, superintendent, client, duration, crew members on the job, etc.) – Do you have any ideas on software/html that would help me here? The idea would be to put this on our website for clients and employees to View
Thanks Brian

[thetestingsite]

Probably your best bet would be to use the Google Maps API (http://code.google.com/apis/maps/). It is very customizable as some of the examples show.

Hope this helps.

[barge1]

Probably your best bet would be to use the Google Maps API (http://code.google.com/apis/maps/). It is very customizable as some of the examples show.

Hope this helps.
I checked out the site. Thanks! I must say though... this is a a bit technical for me. I checked out an Orbits featured map that shows the US with push pins and when clicked on a new window pops-up and give information for that pushpin. This is exactly what I'm looking for. It just that now... without the knowledge of JavaScript programming, it seems unrealistic that I would be able to create map I want.

Is there any help I can get from this community to assist me with this project?

Brian

[Aaron]

heya,

I would like that too for my website. The one you reference is slick. Looks to be flash.

http://www.orbitz.com/App/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=all_destinations_interests&cnt=OVI&type=el_dp

I also like the Kijiji map selector which is also flash based:

http://www.kijiji.com/ (click on "change location" to see the page with all locations and the nice flash map)

If you can find a javascript type of map like this, or perhaps an gif image map of America, Canada, other countries ... that' would be real cool for me. Keep me informed please. You could probably make an image map from a state map. Try Univeristy of Texas at Austin, Perry Castaneda (spelling ?), website for maps. I recall they had basic political map of US. Probably all countries. You'd then manipulate that in program like GIMP. I think GIMP has feature to make an imagemap so certain areas of imag are clickable links. You'd, and I, want states or even finer areas to be clickable.

Hope this helps. My 2 cents worth.

[Kenny]

I have an .hta page that rewrites a .js file for an array of online newspapers.
I enter the zip code along with the http address and then I get another array element with the absolute position. Each dot in the attached pushpins.gif (screen capture) is a link. I can add or delete items easily by opening the .hta rather than editing the source code from the HTML.

I suppose you would hope to have a balloon dialog appear on mouseover and, have each pushpin characterized with a color?

[barge1]

These are great ideas. Unfortunatelty most of this stuff is going over my head. I have great interest in trying these things, but I guess I'll need to get schooled a bit more in this scripting work.

Actually, in response to the New Coders, the perfect scenario for me would be like Orbits site http://updates.orbitz.com/ Please check it out and let me know what you think.

Thanks Brian

[rruedac]

heya,

I would like that too for my website. The one you reference is slick. Looks to be flash.

http://www.orbitz.com/App/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=all_destinations_interests&cnt=OVI&type=el_dp

I also like the Kijiji map selector which is also flash based:

http://www.kijiji.com/ (click on "change location" to see the page with all locations and the nice flash map)

If you can find a javascript type of map like this, or perhaps an gif image map of America, Canada, other countries ... that' would be real cool for me. Keep me informed please. You could probably make an image map from a state map. Try Univeristy of Texas at Austin, Perry Castaneda (spelling ?), website for maps. I recall they had basic political map of US. Probably all countries. You'd then manipulate that in program like GIMP. I think GIMP has feature to make an imagemap so certain areas of imag are clickable links. You'd, and I, want states or even finer areas to be clickable.

Hope this helps. My 2 cents worth.
Have you find how to recreate the Kijiji map effect?
I have already a map and I want to generate the same efect. When someone click the object it zoom, showing details in that area.
I already have the object in, the are separated by colors, and change the color when mouse is over, however i dont know how to zoom it when click, in the same map like in the kijiji map.

http://www.kijiji.com/

I really need it ASAP.

Thank you in advance.

[Medyman]

Have you find how to recreate the Kijiji map effect?
I have already a map and I want to generate the same efect. When someone click the object it zoom, showing details in that area.
I already have the object in, the are separated by colors, and change the color when mouse is over, however i dont know how to zoom it when click, in the same map like in the kijiji map.

http://www.kijiji.com/

I really need it ASAP.

Thank you in advance.

Are you using Flash?

[rruedac]

Are you using Flash?
Yes, I am using flash.
I suppose that I have to use an action script to do the effect, how can I do it?

[traq]

barge, I don't know if you noticed, but the orbitz map you linked to is "powered by Google." So if that's exactly what you want, I think Google's the way to go.

[Medyman]

barge, I don't know if you noticed, but the orbitz map you linked to is "powered by Google." So if that's exactly what you want, I think Google's the way to go.

Yeah, the Google Maps API is 100% the way to go for any map-related functionality.

The Yahoo Maps API isn't bad either -- I find the default graphics to be more visually appealing. Also, the Yahoo Maps API is a little easier to use within Flash.


Yes, I am using flash.
I suppose that I have to use an action script to do the effect, how can I do it?
Yup! Good ol' ActionScript. Take a look into MC Tween (http://hosted.zeh.com.br/mctween/). You can search the Flash forum for my numerous posts on it for more details.