I've got a Google map, standard fare really. It's quite small though and the popup info windows on the markers are quite big, so my question is, is it possible for these popup windows to spill out the edge of the map and on to the actual website? (See dodgy photoshop job for an example).
Thanks!
dodgy photoshop example is an excellent way to get accross what you want. I always find pictures helpful for this sort of thing!
From the excellent econym map tutorials site, it looks like bpWindow is what you're after
An infoWindow-type tool which can open outside the map. As a result, the map will never automatically pan to show its contents.
However, I cant quite get the examples to work... but hopefully it may help you in some way!
Not a solution but some more background...
There used to be a commercial library available called BPWindow.
However, it appears that it was made non-functional by changes to GMAP2 and doesn't appear to be listed as a library any longer. You might want to contact BitPerfect and see what happened.
I have not found a way to accomplish this but would love to hear about it if you find something in your search. I haven't had time to look at GMAP3 to see if there are any changes that would support this. That might also be worth a look.
MapTools does NOT exceeds the google-maps border/container.
Trulia.com seems to have figured out a way to have an InfoBox exist outside the map container but I'm not sure how they are dong this.