09
2006
Google Maps is the best
... double true!
I've been playing around with Google Maps and created a map of the towns in which I've lived.
If you zoom in on some of the places, the markers are off a bit. I used the lat./long. data from Google Earth, which seems to be off by a couple miles compared to Google Maps.
The points are loaded from an external XML file, so each time I move, I can just add another line to the file and the map will load the new locator, too.
My long-term goal with this is to create a mini-guide to Atlanta. The data would be stored in a MySQL database, which would be accessed through PHP to generate the XML file for Google Maps to read via Javascript. It's kind of a convoluted process -- there may be a simpler way.
Updated March 16: I'm stupid. Google Maps and Google Earth are totally sync'd, I just wasn't converting the coordinates correctly. My apologies to the staff members at Google, who are much smarter than me.
You do not have a tag for Maine, You lived with us in Winthrop after you finished College and also lived in Andover when you were very young. I can not remember if you went ot school there or if you were to young.
Posted by dad on March 10, 2006