[jQuery] Re: [Slight OT] Quick straw pole about maps

2007-08-09 Thread Tane Piper
@glen I looked at ms live maps, but no matter what I tried, I just kept getting exception errors. @alex Thanks, hope it can be of some use @shaun Thanks, there are a couple of JS frameworks out there to look at, but as you say none are jQuery based. On 08/08/07, Shaun Kester [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[jQuery] Re: [Slight OT] Quick straw pole about maps

2007-08-09 Thread Michael Price
Hi Tane, Excellent plugin, first of all - I plan to start using it on client sites which have jQ + Google Maps in the near future. However, that's all it will be - Google Maps. I get the general impression that Google's Maps API is far more popular than Yahoo, and not just on this list -

[jQuery] Re: [Slight OT] Quick straw pole about maps

2007-08-09 Thread SeViR
Alex Ezell escribió: As someone who has spent months, only moderately successfully, integrating Google Maps into a web app, I have two things to say: 1) Why is this the first I have heard of this plugin? I use jQuery throughout the site and would love to use it to handle some of my map duties.

[jQuery] Re: [Slight OT] Quick straw pole about maps

2007-08-09 Thread Nicolas Hoizey
Hi Tane, So a quick question is, especially to anyone using it is: What mapping service do you prefer? Google? or Yahoo? I really prefer Google. I even use Google Earth + Trippermap to geotag my Flickr pictures! Yahoo Maps are still very bad on european countries. The reason I ask, is

[jQuery] Re: [Slight OT] Quick straw pole about maps

2007-08-08 Thread Glen Lipka
I never use Yahoo. I use Google for general quick maps and directions. I use http://local.live.com for the birds-eye-view. That view is ridiculously crazy. It sounds like a good idea to go for just one map source and make it more feature rich. Glen On 8/8/07, Tane Piper [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[jQuery] Re: [Slight OT] Quick straw pole about maps

2007-08-08 Thread Alex Ezell
As someone who has spent months, only moderately successfully, integrating Google Maps into a web app, I have two things to say: 1) Why is this the first I have heard of this plugin? I use jQuery throughout the site and would love to use it to handle some of my map duties. 2) I agree with Glen

[jQuery] Re: [Slight OT] Quick straw pole about maps

2007-08-08 Thread Ganeshji Marwaha
i have used google maps feature in quite a few applications now, and never once used yahoo... Regardless, i would say having one plugin per map provider sounds like a good choice. Later, you(or potentially another plugin author) can write another plugin for yahoo as well following a similar