Mashups Damon Hearne dhearne@ctwoodlands.org

Mashups

Damon Hearnedhearne@ctwoodlands.org

The basic mashup:

My Map with embedded iFrame.

• Prerequisites – Google account.– Place to map. – Basic webpage skills (optional)

Simple solution

Populate My Map

Export shp to KML

• http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=14273

Adding KMLs to my Maps

• 1) put the KML on a website server. Double check by putting the address in your browser - it works if browing to the address brings up google earth or download the file. IE www.website.org/test.kml

• In My Maps, enter the web address of the kml in the search box in my maps. This should pull up the KML file on the mymaps.

• Try this one: http://clear.uconn.edu/geospatial/raggedrock/KMZs/raggedrock.kml

Send link or embed

iFrames• Easy: use embed link from My Maps• Basic:

http://www.dr2ooo.com/tools/maps/• Medium: Feed your my Map to:

http://www.MapChannels.com/

Examples

• http://www.politicalbase.com/money/search/• http://www.fastfoodmaps.com/

• http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/

• EightmileRiver.org • Oil Spill

Other

• IMRivers– http://www.imrivers.com/FRWA

• Easy local search:– http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/

wizards/mapsearch.html

• Signup for API Key– http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/signu

p.html

Real mashup coding

• http://www.google.com/apis/maps/