maps

Obtain coordinates of a point on a road

I have a range defined by an intersection and a number of feet away from the intersection. (e.g. 100 ft north of Washington St. & 5th St. to 300 ft south of Washington St. & 6th St.) I am looking to geocode this into a lat/long pair. However, I cannot see any way to get Google Maps API or Virtual Earth, etc. to do this. They will happil...

Android Map Marker-New Screen

I’m new to development, specifically Android. Through tutorials, I’ve managed to display a map with a marker for a building that displays a “toast” box with text identifying that building, when tapped (I fashioned it after the “Noo Yawk” example). I need to display a new full screen with a photo of that building and text describing it, a...

Is it possible to get local business results through the Google APIs?

Is it easy to get the business listings such as when you search in Google Maps? If there is an API that would be great! In any language, preferable, PHP or javascript ...

Interactive world map

I'm looking for a javascript world map, much like Google Maps, that can be embedded into a webpage, and extended so I can plot my own points on it. The major catch is that the map needs to be completely usable without an internet connection (i.e., local intranet). It doesn't need to have the same level of detail as Google Maps, but shoul...

Google Maps API v3: Group markers?

I'm using Google Maps with API v3. I will add many markers, now got question, is there posibility to group markers? For example, by city? I'm using a small snippet to creating sidebar with markers buttons. Here's the code: /** * map */ var mapOpts = { mapOpts: new google.maps.LatLng(60.28527,24.84864), mapTypeId: google.maps.MapT...

iphone maps app background image

Hey guys, can I get the background image from the Maps app (when the map is curled up and the segmented control for map modes is visible) from somewhere? ...

How to implement an associative array/map/hash table data structure (in general and in C++)

Well I'm making a small phone book application and I've decided that using maps would be the best data structure to use but I don't know where to start. (Gotta implement the data structure from scratch - school work) ...

How can I create a Dynamic - Interactive image map with jQuery?

So I am using the .Net framework, building with ASP.NET MVC, how do I create a Dynamic, interactive web 2.0 style Image Map? Where say for example, on a world map, if you hover over a country, the selected country will highlight, and a tool tip comes up with various information, and if you click the country it takes you to the said count...

Overlay Google Maps Normal tiles in the Google Earth Api

I'm not sure if this is possible, but I would like to overlay the Normal Google Map Tiles(type: G_NORMAL_MAP) inside of the Google Earth Web Api. The satellite maps have too inconsistent of contrast for the layers I want to display. Any help would be appreciated on if this is possible, and if it is a direction on how to do it. Thank...

Strange bug with OpenLayers + CloudMade

Hi, I am trying something fairly simple, you can see a demo here: http://www.jsfiddle.net/VVe8x/19/ This bug only appears in Firefox, so to see it press either one of the links once (it will take you to either NY or Israel) then press the other link. The bug is that it will not show me the tiles in that location, instead it will show m...

VB.net Google Map retrieve data info from databse

I am using google map API to show the map and some marker, when user click on the marker will show the location info. Those info i store inside databse. How can retrieve the data when the marker is been clicked? Because the google map code is in java script how to link with vb behind code? ...

Solutions for many markers in the same coordinate, Google Map mashup

I am making a mashup where thumbnails will be shown over a google map. The problem is that many thumbnails will share the same coordinate. So if I plot them like markers, they will be one on top of the other. Have you seen any creative solution for this problem? Thanks ...

delphi+openstreetmap

is there a vcl or a project (in delphi) that would allow me to download OSM tiles and display them on an app? I have tried embedding an browser and it worked great but i need a way to display the maps offline. ...

Highlighting whole street with some maps API

Hello, Is there any way to highlight/display on Google/Bing/(any other map provider) Maps whole street (from the beginning of the street to the end of)? I know the existence of Polyline in Google Maps API, but it's just connecting two latitude points, and there is no way of making it automatic so I could display any street in some city...

How to create clickable map for iPhone

Since the iPhone doesn't support Flash (thank God. Waiting for HTML5 universe!), how do you create clickable maps with hotspots or zones that change colour with a mouseover event? Like this Flash mp here. http://www.usflashmap.com/samples/real-estate-map/index_ext.html Thanks ...

Determine if a string is a valid geographic location

I've got a bunch of "locations" - some are accurate (gaborone, botswana), some are geocodes (40.75,-73.997) and some are completely useless (#siliconcape). I need to find a way to run through the list and determine the City and Country of each string and geocode, and return nulls for the invalid locations. Is there some sort of library/...

Generating density/heat maps like SpatialKey

SpatialKey generates some really nice looking heatmaps, and we're looking into what's involved in doing this for an internal project to visualize large amounts of points. I'm looking for feedback on some ideas on where to get started (and it's just a really interesting problem). We know that they're using Flash, and from what we can t...

iPhone rolling page (maps application style)

Hi all, how I can implement a "rolling page" effect like the one in iPhone maps application? (The effect when the user tap the lower right button in the page here: http://artbeatme.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/bixi_map_1.png) ...

Getting a Cocoa/Objective-C callback from Google Maps with WebView

Hi, all. I'm working on a new feature for my Mac application and it has to do with maps. As an example, let's use iPhoto's "Places". iPhoto uses Google Maps to show the location of various photos with red pins. Now when I click onto one of those pins, the application itself - iPhoto - reacts to that click, not the WebView / the map. So...

How do I implement a "find nearest" type functionality ?

HI, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas about how to implement functionality where given an array of locations ( for e.g. branches) it will list the nearest one or list all withing a 5 mile radius etc? ...